坐大

zài rù qīn yī lā kè yī nián duō zhī hòu zhè xiē wàng tú yǐ dì guó zhǔ yì zhě zuò dà de jì huà bìng méi yǒu dé dào duì xiàn

在入侵伊拉克一年多之后，这些妄图以帝国主义者坐大的计划并没有得到兑现。

Now, over a year after the invasion of Iraq, the plans of these would-be imperialist are not working out so well.