maalata itsensä nurkkaan
Tanım
•to paint oneself into a corner
Diğer Dillerde
to make one's case worse, to make things worse for oneself, to dig a hole for oneself
Complicarse de forma innecesaria a la hora de explicar algo o implicarse sin quererlo en una situación difícil o comprometida.
to dig a hole for oneself
köken: Literally, “to spin a whip onto oneself”.
nnmåle seg inn i eit hjørne
Etimoloji
maalata (“to paint”) itsensä (“oneself”) nurkkaan (“into a corner”)