maalata itsensä nurkkaan
FINCE → TR
Tanım
•to paint oneself into a corner
Diğer Dillerde
Fransızcaaggraver son cas, se peinturer dans un coin /a.ɡʁa.ve sɔ̃ ka/
to make one's case worse, to make things worse for oneself, to dig a hole for oneself
İspanyolcameterse en la boca del lobo, meterse en un berenjenal, meterse en un jardín
Complicarse de forma innecesaria a la hora de explicar algo o implicarse sin quererlo en una situación difícil o comprometida.
İtalyancaessere con le spalle al muro
Felemenkçejezelf in de hoek schilderen
Lehçekręcić na siebie bicz, ukręcić na siebie bicz /ˈkrɛɲ.t͡ɕit͡ɕ na‿ˈɕɛ.bjɛ ˈbit͡ʂ/
to dig a hole for oneself
köken: Literally, “to spin a whip onto oneself”.
Dancamale sig selv op i et hjørne
Norveççemale seg inn i et hjørne
nnmåle seg inn i eit hjørne
Etimoloji
maalata (“to paint”) itsensä (“oneself”) nurkkaan (“into a corner”)