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Bite the hand that feeds one

verb

Definitions

1.verbTo cause harm to a benefactor (especially one that one is dependent on, thus with the idea that this behaviour is self-damaging)

Synonyms

shoot oneself in the foot be one's own worst enemy make a stick for one's own back foul one's own nest dig one's own grave do someone dirty do oneself a mischief deal a bad hand rub salt in someone's wounds add insult to injury backbite back-bite

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