适得其反

适得其反 [shì dé qí fǎn]

1. ■ 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.