show a devil to the doorway
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ NGU ǐ sh à NGM é n, which means to attract bad people. It's from the first time.
The origin of Idioms
Ling Mengchu of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 22 of the book "the first time I made a surprise at the moment of making a case" said: "we meant well, but we called it" inviting the devil to come to our door ". Now I can't investigate it. I just ignore him."
Analysis of Idioms
Lead the wolf into the house
Idiom usage
Guide the wolf into the room
show a devil to the doorway
divide the hairpins and break the mirrors - fēn xié pò jìng
not ashamed to admit being the last - bù chǐ zuì hòu