粵

攞lo2嚟lei4衰seoi1

lo2 lei4 seoi1luō lí shuāi

English

  1. (slang) to ask for trouble; to stew in one's own juice
  2. a person said or did something and gets a punishment on his/her own.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一個人自己做或講一件事而自己要承受壞嘅結果;同「抵死」,「自食其果」

Examples

  • 都叫你唔好飲噤多紅蘿蔔汁㗎啦!你而家成塊面都變咗橙色。你係唔係攞嚟衰吖!

    I told you not to drink too much carrot juice! Your face changes to orange colour now. This is your own fault!

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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