hoist with one's own petard
- hoist with one's own petard
hoist with one's own petard
Fig. to be harmed or disadvantaged by an action of one's own which was meant to harm someone else. (From a line in Shakespeare's
Hamlet
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She intended to murder her brother but was hoist with her own petard when she ate the poisoned food intended for him.
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The vandals were hoist with their own petard when they tried to make an emergency call from the pay phone they had broken.
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{adj. phr.} Caught in your own trap or trick. * /Jack carried office gossip to the boss until he was hoisted by his own petard./ (From Shakespeare; literally, blown up with one's own bomb.)
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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hoist with one's own petard — {adj. phr.} Caught in your own trap or trick. * /Jack carried office gossip to the boss until he was hoisted by his own petard./ (From Shakespeare; literally, blown up with one s own bomb.) … Dictionary of American idioms
hoist with one's own petard — phrasal or hoist by one s own petard : blown up by one s own bomb; usually : victimized or hurt by one s own scheme * * * hoist with one s own petard Caught in one s own trap • • • Main Entry: ↑hoist hoist with one s own petard … Useful english dictionary
hoist with one's own petard — or hoist by one s own petard phrasal victimized or hurt by one s own scheme … New Collegiate Dictionary
hoist\ with\ one's\ own\ petard — adj. phr. Caught in your own trap or trick. Jack carried office gossip to the boss until he was hoisted by his own petard. (From Shakespeare; literally, blown up with one s own bomb.) … Словарь американских идиом
hoist by one's own petard — phrasal see hoist with one s own petard * * * see petard … Useful english dictionary
hoist by one's own petard — phrasal see hoist with one s own petard … New Collegiate Dictionary
be hoist with one's own petard — ► be hoist with (or by) one s own petard have one s schemes against others backfiring on one. [ORIGIN: from Shakespeare s Hamlet (III. iv. 207); hoist is in the sense «lifted and removed».] Main Entry: ↑petard … English terms dictionary
hoist by or with one's own petard — idi hoist by or with one s own petard, caught by the very device one had contrived to hurt another … From formal English to slang
be hoist by one's own petard — ► be hoist with (or by) one s own petard have one s schemes against others backfiring on one. [ORIGIN: from Shakespeare s Hamlet (III. iv. 207); hoist is in the sense «lifted and removed».] Main Entry: ↑petard … English terms dictionary
hoist with (or by) one's own petard — having one s schemes against others backfiring on one. → petard … English new terms dictionary
