hoist by one's own petard

短语

害人害己

发音

AU

别名

hoisted on one's own petard hoisted with one's own petard hoist with one's own petard hoist on one's own petard hoisted by one's own petard

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Hurt or destroyed by one's own plot or device intended for another; "blown up by one's own bomb".

    害人害己

    作法自毙

    自食其果

    习语

    He has no one to blame but himself; he was hoisted by his own petard.

词源

From the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, see quotations.

来源：wiktionary