sair pela culatra

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, to come out through the breech. Compare Spanish salir el tiro por la culata.

Verb

sair pela culatra (third-person only, third-person singular present sai pela culatra, third-person singular preterite saiu pela culatra, past participle saído pela culatra)

  1. (idiomatic) to backfire (to fail in a manner detrimental to the person who made the attempt)
    • 1986 May 26, A última chance de Telê, Placar, number 835, page 9:
      O tiro dos desafetos saiu pela culatra porque, por ironia, os amigos também gostaram.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2023 November 21, Júlia Barbosa, “"Eu sou o Vampiro Alfa": O desafio que Johnny Depp fez a Robert Pattinson saiu pela culatra”, in Terra, Entre Telas:

Conjugation

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