go for wool and come home shorn

自食其果:指追求某种利益或目标
常用释义
自食其果:指追求某种利益或目标,最终却遭受损失或失败。

例句

1·So he left the bus few minutes later. He got a big shock after he opened the briefcase: There are only some old newspapers in the briefcase! It is really go for wool and come home shorn.

他激动地下了车,很快打开了包,令他大跌眼镜的是,包里是几本书,真是偷鸡不成蚀把米!

同义词

v.
偷鸡不成蚀把米,弄巧成拙