| 单词 | hoist with your own petard |
| 释义 | hoist with your own petard or hoist by one's own petard phrase See full dictionary entry for petard If someone who has planned to harm someone else is hoist with their own petard or hoist by their own petard, their plan in fact results in harm to themselves. The students were hoist by their own petards, however, as Granada decided to transmit the programme anyway. |
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