📚 phrase • entry_id 53015
like turkeys voting for Christmas
/laɪk ˌtɜːkiz ˈvəʊtɪŋ fə ˈkɹɪsməs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
estar cavando su propia sepultura • estar cavando su sepultura
Self-defeating; serving to bring about a situation detrimental to the performer of the action.
The minority parties have walked into a trap. If they win, there will be a general election. I am told that the current joke going around the House is that it is the first time in…
The next morning [14 December 1977] the Liberals held a two-and-a-half meeting at which Steel let them have their head. Only two MPs, Howells and Johnston, said they were willing t…
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