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Meaning: (intransitive,idiomatic)Tofaildisastrously.1972, James Whittaker, Albert Trieschman, editors,Children Away from Home: A Sourcebook of Residential Treatment:Whether the specific pecking order of the game I let them play today had anything to do with the fact that itblew up in my faceafter five minutes is a question that can be answered only in empirical terms.1999, Dena Rosenbloom, Mary Beth Williams, Barbara E. Watkins,Life after trauma: a workbook for healing:If I took the risk to speak with my friend and the whole thingblew up in my face, I'd probably feel ashamed and exposed whenever I thought about it for a very, very long time.2002, Joan Barfoot,Critical injuries, page118:So I wish you luck, but don't come crying to me when itblows up in your face.
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