“自摆乌龙”是乌龙球的成语说法，它源于广东的一个民间传说：久旱之时，人们祈求青龙降下甘露，以滋润万物，谁知，青龙未至，乌龙现身，反而给人们带来了灾难。“摆乌龙”引用到足球赛场上，指本方球员误打误撞，将球弄入自家大门，不仅不得分，反而失分，这与民间传说的主旨十分吻合。
如果白宫的新举措使他的任务难上加难，那这将被证明是一次“精彩的”自摆乌龙。
If the White House's new initiative makes his task harder, it could prove to be a spectacular own goal.
但是从基恩在20分钟时灾难性的自摆乌龙后，曼联开始认识到这次不会再有奇迹发生来拯救他们了。
But from the moment captain Roy Keane scored a catastrophic 20th-minute own goal, United began to realise that this time there were to be no miracles to save them from themselves.
里特尔的一个横传球差点迫使卡瓦略自摆乌龙，当时切尔西处理一个长传球时出现失误，西德维尔大力射门打偏了。
A cross from Little forced Carvalho into a last-ditch intervention, while Steve Sidwell slammed a shot just wide after Chelsea had failed to deal with a long ball down the right channel.
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