VERB
（計劃）起反作用，使自食其果
If a plan boomerangs, its result is not the one that was intended and is harmful to the person who made the plan.
例句
The trick boomeranged, though...
然而這個花招竟害了自己。
He risks defeat in the referendum which he called, but which threatens to boomerang against him.
他冒著失敗的危險進(jìn)行他所謂的“公投”，但這恐怕會反過來對他不利。