are backfiring
backfire
Critics argue that our policies of promoting democracy are backfiring and destabilizing the region. | Los críticos alegan que nuestras políticas de promover la democracia están fracasando y desestabilizando a la región. |
Things are backfiring for me. | Las cosas me están saliendo mal. |
The bipartite system has always been quite capable of turning to its favor anything that would appear to threaten it, although the impression, even the hope, is that this time it has measured the consequences of its acts poorly and they are backfiring. | El bipartidismo siempre ha sido muy hábil para capitalizar a su favor cualquier cosa que pareciera amenazarlo. Aunque la impresión, y la esperanza, es que en esta ocasión han medido mal las consecuencias de sus actos y el tiro les está saliendo por la culata. |
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