Για να αξιοποιήσουμε την επικαιρότητα. Προσοχή: foot, όχι leg.
shoot oneself in the foot
(idiomatic) To act against one's own interests; to unintentionally behave self-destructively.
Examples:
1982 April, “Reagan shoots from the lip”, Black Enterprise, volume 12, page 16:
but as President...