utsmart oneself 弄巧成拙

“弄巧成拙”，汉语成语，指本想卖弄聪明，做得好些，结果却做了蠢事或把事情弄糟。可以翻译为“make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart或outsmart oneself”等。

 

例句：

 

这一次，他可是弄巧成拙了。

This time, he outsmarted himself.

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