Own Goal
A situation in which a soccer player scores a goal against his own team. By analogy: a situation in which a person tries to act for his own benefit but causes damage to himself out of hastiness.
(Modern Hebrew)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
גּוֹל עַצְמִי, שַׁעַר עַצְמִי
Definition (Hebrew)
מַצָּב בּוֹ שַׂחְקַן כַּדּוּרֶגֶל מַבְקִיעַ שַׁעַר לְחוֹבַת קְבוּצָתוֹ. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: מַצָּב בּוֹ אָדָם מְנַסֶּה לִפְעֹל לְטוֹבָתוֹ אַךְ גּוֹרֵם לְעַצְמוֹ נֶזֶק מִתּוֹךְ פְּזִיזוּת.
(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה)