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(one's) own worst enemy

Causing complications to one's life and/or keeping oneself from success; self-destructive or self-sabotaging. Tommy's becoming his own worst enemy with the way he's been skipping school lately. She always sabotages a relationship when it's going really well because she's her own worst enemy.

*one's own worst enemy

Fig. consistently causing oneself to fail; more harmful to oneself than other people are. (*Typically: be ~; become ~.) Ellen: My boss is my enemy. She never says anything good about me. Jane: Ellen, you're your own worst enemy. If you did your job responsibly, your boss would be nicer.

See also: enemy, own, worst

References in classic literature ?

When you were your own worst enemy, your friends came to help you.

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But sometimes he can be his own worst enemy and lose focus.

Aggression, not anger, the answer; IN BRIEF

Miss Mobot probably has the ability to challenge Poisoned Berry, but she tends to be her own worst enemy.

BANKERS OR BLOWOUTS?

You have to be your own best friend as well as your own worst enemy.

Unseen footage of Amy

The best advice I can give you about your career is to not be your own worst enemy.

Don't be your own worst enemy: instead, reel it in, work hard, do more than what is minimally necessary, and be on time

During a news conference here on Friday, Aftab Sherpao said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) which is the governing party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was its own worst enemy.

QWP alongwith PPP and ANP can resolve KP problems: Sherpao

New York, August 13 ( ANI ): Lindsay Lohan has admitted to Oprah Winfrey on her show 'Oprah's Next Chapter' that she is her own worst enemy.

LiLo tells Oprah she's her own worst enemy

But Lomas said: "Murray can be his own worst enemy by playing on through injury.

Lomas won't hurry Murray

Sharapova was her own worst enemy as she committed 66 unforced errors to lose 7-6 (7/4) 3-6 6-4 in a match that lasted three hours and 21 minutes.

Sharapova out; sport ROUND-UP

They have done this by refusing to recognize the very real enemy Israel has by painting Israel itself as its own worst enemy.

Gershom Gorenberg: a self-anointed peace brigader

SERENA WILLIAMS felt she was her own worst enemy as she lost an epic threesetter to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the French Open quarter-finals to dash her hopes of landing a second Roland Garros title.

I defeated myself

KERRY Katona is often her own worst enemy - but not while her husband Mark Croft is around.

Letter: Your say - Dump Mark the scrounger; Ex-Atomic Kitten Kerry Katona's worst enemy is not herself...it's her high-living, scrounging husband Mark Croft pounds 100 Letter

He said: "I told everyone this horse had no chance due to the form of the stable, and the fact the race only seems to be won by second-season novices - and also because the horse is his own worst enemy "He never runs a bad race and the handicapper doesn't relent.

LADS MAD FOR IT

The setlist ranges from past glories such as Local Boy In The Photograph to a couple of new songs, You're My Star and My Own Worst Enemy.

music: STEREOPHONICS Decade In The Sun

Highlights include Have A Nice Day, A Thousand Trees and Dakota and two new songs, You're My Star and My Own Worst Enemy.