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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Stinging/biting back me

Whenever I try to help others, it is stinging/biting back me.

Please correct my sentence and suggest me better versions as well.
  

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I think you're looking for the idiom "come back to bite me". Usually that's used when someone does something negative, not when someone helps. Here's a typical use.

— CalifJim

  • I think you're looking for the idiom "come back to bite me".
  • Usually that's used when someone does something negative, not when someone helps.
  • Here's a typical use.
  • Whenever I try to cut corners, it comes back to bite me.
  • CJ
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I think you're looking for the idiom "come back to bite me". Usually that's used when someone does something negative, not when someone helps. Here's a typical use.

Whenever I try to cut corners, it comes back to bite me.

CJ
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