讨好某人却适得其反的英文

• stroke the fur the wrong way

• 讨好:    ingratiate oneself with; faw ...
• 某人:    a certain person
• 却:    step back
• 适得其反:    run counter to one's desire; ...
• 适得其反:    run counter to one's desire; be just the opposite to what one wished; accomplish the very opposite; exactly opposite; get just the opposite (of what one wants); have an exactly opposite effect; on the contrary; the result was just the opposite.; turn out to be just the opposite of; (the case) was just the reverse.: 其结果必然不会像他们所一厢情愿的那样, 而只能适得其反。 the result will definitely turn out to be just the opposite of their wish