English-Finnish translations for backfire

epäonnistua
kostautuaOlemme saaneet useita asiaa koskevia kirjeitä, joissa meitä on kehotettu olemaan huolellisia, sillä yksinkertaistaminen on hyväksi, mutta se ei saa kostautua. We receive many letters in this regard telling us to be careful, that simplification is useful but that it ought not to backfire. Jos transatlanttiset kumppanit eivät lopulta yhdistä sotilaallisia ja taloudellisia voimiaan tehokkaasti Irakin paremman tulevaisuuden hyväksi, se voi hyvinkin kostautua jossain vaiheessa. If the transatlantic partners do not finally join forces emphatically in a military and economic sense for a better future for Iraq, this could well backfire at some point.

To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine

His attempt to make money by importing luxury cars backfired horribly when fuel prices tripled.

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