The danger is that the Chancellor has made a rod for his own back.

"If your instincts about her are right, then you're going to make a rod for your own back," said the caring father very seriously.

Ultimately, though, publishers have made a rod for their own back with the increasing tendency to market by genre.

"Don't pick that baby up - you'll be making a rod for your own back."

"You could be making a rod for your own back," said Lewis.

He made a fast move, and a long, slim rod I hadn't seen before whipped out and slapped me under the ribs.

"I've got hooks and some line; we can make a rod."

But there the CCP has made a rod for their own back.

"That we've made a rod for our own backs," said Trebonius.

"They haven't got those yet and I can't see anybody making a rod for their own back by giving them to them."