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Romanian
Etymology
Literally, “set fire to one’s own briefcase”.
Verb
a își da foc la valiză (third-person singular present își dă foc la valiză, past participle și-a dat foc la valiză) 1st conj. (idiomatic)
- to attract severe consequences through one’s own actions
1994, C. I. Christian, Sângeroasa destrămare [The bloody dissolution], Sylvi, →ISBN, page 148:Sârbii și-au dat foc la valiză, pentru că i-au supărat pe croați când nu trebuia, s-ar fi putut spune.- The Serbs, one could say, brought it upon themselves, because they angered the Croats at the wrong time.
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