You're not well, and you're not doing yourself any favours by taking on extra work.
(often reflexive)The government isn't doing the families of the victims any favor by hiding the truth about what really happened.
(usually in continuous tenses; often + by + doing something)New idioms dictionary. 2014.
not do someone any favours — (not) do (someone) any favours British, American & Australian, American to do something that is likely to have a bad effect on you or on another person. You re not well, and you re not doing yourself any favours by taking on extra work. (often… … New idioms dictionary
not do any favours — (not) do (someone) any favours British, American & Australian, American to do something that is likely to have a bad effect on you or on another person. You re not well, and you re not doing yourself any favours by taking on extra work. (often… … New idioms dictionary
do someone any favours — (not) do (someone) any favours British, American & Australian, American to do something that is likely to have a bad effect on you or on another person. You re not well, and you re not doing yourself any favours by taking on extra work. (often… … New idioms dictionary
not do yourself any favours — phrase to not behave in a way that will help you or get you an advantage You’re not doing yourself any favours by going to work in that state. Thesaurus: to behave badlysynonym Main entry: favour … Useful english dictionary
not do yourself any favours — to not behave in a way that will help you or get you an advantage You re not doing yourself any favours by going to work in that state … English dictionary
do somebody no favours — do sb no ˈfavours idiom to do sth that is not helpful to sb or that gives a bad impression of them • You re not doing yourself any favours, working for nothing. • The orchestra did Beethoven no favours. Main entry: ↑favouridiom … Useful english dictionary
favour — fa|vour1 W2S1 BrE favor AmE [ˈfeıvə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(help)¦ 2¦(support/approval)¦ 3¦(popular/unpopular)¦ 4¦(advantage)¦ 5¦(choose something instead)¦ 6 do somebody/something no favours 7¦(unfair support)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
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favour — I UK [ˈfeɪvə(r)] / US [ˈfeɪvər] noun Word forms favour : singular favour plural favours *** 1) [countable] something that you do for someone in order to help them do someone a favour: Could you do me a favour? ask a favour of someone: Can I ask a … English dictionary
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