pilkka osuu omaan nilkkaan

Finnish

Phrase

(idiomatic) the chickens come home to roost; when one's mockery of something backfires and leads to unwanted consequences for them

Usage notes

This verb phrase always has pilkka as its subject.

Conjugation

The verb is always used in the third person singular, but may be inflected in tense (such as present or past) and mood (such as indicative or conditional). The infinitive forms are not used. To see the conjugated forms of the verb, see osua.