hoist by one's own petard

Meaning: (idiomatic)Hurtordestroyedby one'sownplotordeviceintendedfor another; "blown up by one's own bomb".He has no one to blame but himself; he washoisted by his own petard.c.1599–1602(date written),William Shakespeare,The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke:[…](Second Quarto), London:[…]I[ames]R[oberts]forN[icholas]L[ing][…], published1604,→OCLC,[Act III, scene iv], line208:For tis the ſport to haue the enginer /Hoiſt with his owne petar, an't ſhall goe hard1963June, “Second thoughts on Beeching”, inModern Railways, page362:Unhappily, the country as well as Mr. Marples has beenhoist by the Minister's petard.(Mr. Marples was the Minister concerned)2015August 27, Michael Signer, “What Happens When Donald Trump Stirs Up 'Passionate' Supporters”, inThe Atlantic‎[1]:The danger with Trump would seem to be that, like Berlusconi, he would behoist by his own petard, self-destructing precisely through the agent of his rise, and dragging the rest of us with him.2019September 4, Jon Henley, “'Fighting for survival': European papers maul Johnson after defeat”, inThe Guardian‎[2],→ISSN:At last, the opposition spoke with one voice, and Boris Johnson washoist by his own petard. It’s hard to see how he gets out of it.

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