shooting your eye out

something bad happening after being repeatedly warned it would, like Ralphie in "A Christmas Story"

Boy, you really ended up shooting your eye out last night. I told you not to drive around without car insurance, and you ended up getting a ticket for 700 dollars...

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You'll shoot your eye out

A popular phrase from the movie "A Chiristmas Story" that is first heard by Ralphie's mom when he asks her for a Red Ryder bb gun.

"You'll shoot your eye out, kid."

"Oh, no! I shot my eye out!"

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