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

.) •

She intended to murder her brother but was hoist with her own petard when she ate the poisoned food intended for him.

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

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