(Idiom) To conspire with an evil entity to commit a malicious act only to realize later that you were the one being prayed upon all along; often said when actions are done to spite one group with the results being detrimental to your own.

(See own the libs)
The right thought they could have dinner with Cthulhu by sowing mistrust in the vaccine and public health officials, but this backfired spectacularly. Now they must scramble to reverse the damage done because no one trusts anything they say anymore.

They thought they could weaken our faith in the government by feeding into conspiracy theories about poison and mind control. Little did they know, their little dinner with Cthulhu would result in lives lost for their own.
by Onat-ural December 22, 2021
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