Blow Up In One's Face Meaning

Example : 1972, James Whittaker, Albert Trieschman (editors), Children Away from Home: A Sourcebook of Residential Treatment,  Whether the specific pecking order of the game I let them play today had anything to do with the fact that it blew up in my face after five minutes is a question that can be answered only in empirical terms.1999, Dena Rosenbloom, Mary Beth Williams and Barbara E. Watkins, Life after trauma: a workbook for healing,  If I took the risk to speak with my friend and the whole thing blew up in my face, I'd probably feel ashamed and exposed whenever I thought about it for a very, very long time.2002, Joan Barfoot, Critical injuries, page 118:  So I wish you luck, but don't come crying to me when it blows up in your face.