hoist by one's own petard

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From the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, see quotations.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) — be hurt by one's own plot
• Chinese Mandarin: 作法自斃 /作法自毙 (zuòfǎzìbì) — be hurt by one's own plot
• Chinese Mandarin: 自食其果 (zìshíqíguǒ) — be hurt by one's own plot
• Dutch: wie een put graaft voor een ander, valt er zelf in — be hurt by one's own plot
• Egyptian: xr:n-q:n-nDs:f (ḫr n qn.f) — be hurt by one's own plot
• Finnish: mennä omaan ansaansa — be hurt by one's own plot
• French: l'arroseur arrosé — be hurt by one's own plot
• French: tel est pris qui croyait prendre — be hurt by one's own plot
• German: mit den eigenen Waffen schlagen — be hurt by one's own plot
• German: wer andern eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein — be hurt by one's own plot
• Hungarian: saját kelepcéjébe/csapdájába esik — be hurt by one's own plot
• Icelandic: genginn í eigin gildru — be hurt by one's own plot
• Icelandic: ganga í eigin gildru — be hurt by one's own plot
• Icelandic: fallinn á eigin bragði — be hurt by one's own plot
• Icelandic: falla á eigin bragði — be hurt by one's own plot
• Indonesian: senjata makan tuan — be hurt by one's own plot
• Italian: cadere nella propria trappola — be hurt by one's own plot
• Italian: darsi la zappa sui piedi — be hurt by one's own plot
• Italian: fare autogol — be hurt by one's own plot
• Japanese: 罠拵えて首突っ込む (wana koshiraete kubi tsukkomu) — be hurt by one's own plot
• Polish: wpadać we własne sidła — be hurt by one's own plot
• Polish: wpaść we własne sidła — be hurt by one's own plot
• Portuguese: cair na própria armadilha — be hurt by one's own plot
• Portuguese: provar do próprio remédio — be hurt by one's own plot
• Spanish: una cucharada de su propia medicina — be hurt by one's own plot
• Spanish: ir por lana y volver trasquilado — be hurt by one's own plot
• Spanish: salir el tiro por la culata — be hurt by one's own plot
• Swedish: fångas i sin egen fälla — be hurt by one's own plot
• Swedish: smaka på sin egen medicin — be hurt by one's own plot
• Turkish: kendi kazdığı çukura düşmek — be hurt by one's own plot
• Vietnamese: gậy ông đập lưng ông — be hurt by one's own plot