自毁长城

民主党在初选中自毁长城，所以才让他赢得了选举。

He won the election because the Democrats self-destructed in their primary .

毫无疑问，英国政府的自毁长城将成为它们多年来听到的最好的消息。

They will doubtless see the government 's self-sabotage as the best news they have had in years .

众议院少数党领导南希·佩洛西表示，提高医保资格年龄限制相当于自毁长城。

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says raising the age from medicare eligibility is a line in the sand .

这样的绝望忠告是自毁长城，仅仅数月前，奥尔默特先生似乎还在反对。

This is the self-defeating counsel of despair that Mr Olmert seemed to rebel against only a few months ago .

尤其在绍兴十一年均为（1114）采取的解除三大将领兵权、杀害抗金名将岳飞、缩编军队等错误措施，无疑是自毁长城。

The measures taken in the 11th year of Shaoxing ( 1114 ) that depriving three great generals of their commanding power , killing the outstanding anti-Jin general Yue Fei , reduceing the number of the soldiers led to its self-destruction .