self-destruct

self-destruct

Self destructing is a metaphor for weakening one's own strength or destroying one's own career.

It is from the biography of Tan Daoji in the Southern History: "it is the great wall that destroys you."

Interpretation and source

Explain and compare yourself to weaken your strength or destroy your career. It's from the biography of Tan Daoji in the Southern History: "it's the great wall that destroys you."

Idiom information

Common degree: common emotional color: commendatory words grammar usage: as predicate, attribute, object; refers to their own destruction of idiom structure: subject predicate generation time: ancient times