Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “blow up in one’s face“ and its meaning is “(of a plan, situation & etc.) go wrong unexpectedly or fail completely to cause great damage”.
Example Sentence: The Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Krishnamurthy Subramanian said that ever since the NPA (non performing asset) crisis blew up on the banking sector’s face because banks had turned increasingly risk-averse, this in turn impacted the investment and consumption cycles, leading to a slowdown.
note: risk-averse (adjective) – relating to someone who does not want to take risks.
This phrase is present in The Hindu BusinessLine On Campus article Economy can’t bank on Indian banking to pull itself out of morass and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu BusinessLine
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