Suffer as a result of interfering (3,4,7,5)
I believe the answer is:
get ones fingers burnt
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">suffer as a result of interfering</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for get ones fingers burnt that I've seen before include "Suffer through one's own actions" , "Suffer as a result of interfering" .)