捉蟲
simp捉虫zuk3 cung4zuk1 cung4zhuō chóng
English
- catching bugs; it means someone who does something not worthwhile and gets himself
- herself in trouble
- to make trouble for oneself; to shoot yourself in the foot, to get into unnecessary difficulties for oneself; to stew in one's own juice ; literally: to catch bugs (into one's arse)
粵語 — Cantonese
- 自找麻煩,見捉蟲入屎窟
Examples
唉!早知唔幫佢手啦,搞到自己啲功課都未做完,今次捉蟲喇。
Sigh! I shouldn't have spent all my time helping him, which led to my homework being unfinished. I really shot myself in the foot this time.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk