the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > be in difficulties or straits > be left in the lurch > to suffer consequences of one's own actions (1)
to chafe, fret, fry, melt, stew, sweat in one's own grease1663
Phrases (chiefly figurative), as to chafe, fret, fry, melt, stew, sweat in one's own grease (cf. fry, v.1 3). to melt one's grease: to exhaust…