not do someone any favours

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not do someone any favours

1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of not do someone any favors
   • 2012, Michele Hanson, What the Grown-ups Were Doing: An odyssey through 1950s suburbia, →ISBN:

     Your mother's a very smart woman. She loves nice clothes. Has she seen this jumper? Has she? You're not doing yourself any favours.

   • 2014, Will Jordan, Betrayal, page 214:

     Anyway, her head was still killing her and the sound of Frost's tirade wasn't doing it any favours.