bit their own toes off

Regretting a bad decision - making a wrong choice and regretting it later

They ordered our machine at work from a different company because it was cheaper, it's been nothing but trouble. Boy, they really bit their own toes off!

by Dr. HaHa April 14, 2014

hung by my own noose

When something backfires; when you forget a prank you did and it happens to you.

"Alas! I've been hung by my own noose!" Said Angle after she turned her sister's hairdryer on, forgetting she put flour in it previously and ended up looking like a fool.

by nerdettgirl May 10, 2014

Get on with your own knitting

An east Anglian English alternative for 'mind your own business'. Especially used by the older generation - and knitters.

Kevin: "Mate, you are making that pasta all wrong, you add pasta to sauce not sauce to pasta".
Derik: "Kevin, why don't get on with your own knitting unless you want to make dinner".

by TobEyEuz May 19, 2015

tossing your own pancake

A term for female masterbation

Person 1: I've heard you've been tossing your own pancake ;)

Person 2: Haha you know me too well

by GetRekt69M8 July 19, 2016

tossing your own pancake

Another term for female masturbation

Person 1 : "I studied really hard last night"

Person 2: " No I bet you were just tossing your own pancake"

Person 1: " Yeah you're probably right"

by GetRekt69M8 June 10, 2016

Pull their own weight

It means someone who can actually do what they’re supposed to, they meet the expectations and do their job

Jimmy just got back from the army and he’s going off about how civvies can’t pull their own weight.

by borntalentless May 8, 2018

On your own head be it!

Idiom

used to tell someone that they will have to take full responsibility for what they plan to do

I am telling you, don't get married to her, she is a control freak but if you do then, on your own head be it!

If you want to quit a high-paying job to chase after some fantasy of being a travel writer, then on your own head be it!

by Zami Karzai September 13, 2018