hoist by one's own petard

Etymology
From the play  by, see quotations.

Adjective

 * 1)  Hurt or destroyed by one's own plot or device intended for another; "blown up by one's own bomb".

Usage notes

 * In the US, the forms in "hoisted" are about as common as the forms in "hoist", in contrast to other usage of the past and past participle, in which "hoisted" is fifteen times more common. Similarly in the UK, "hoisted" is far more common than "hoist" for general use of the verb, but, in this specific idiom, both forms are seen; a writer might be more likely to use "hoisted" when thinking of the hoisting as an event that occurred to the victim, and "hoist" when thinking of it as a state in which the victim finds themselves ("She's been hoisted by..." / "Now she's hoist by...").

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 害人害己, ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: wie een put graaft voor een ander, valt er zelf in
 * Egyptian:
 * Finnish: mennä omaan ansaansa
 * French: l'arroseur arrosé,
 * German: mit den eigenen Waffen schlagen, wer andern eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein
 * Icelandic: ganga í eigin gildru, ganga í eigin gildru, falla á eigin bragði,  falla á eigin bragði
 * Italian: cadere nella propria trappola, darsi la zappa sui piedi, fare autogol
 * Japanese: 罠拵えて首突っ込む
 * Korean:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: wpadać w|we własny sidła, wpaść w|we własny sidła
 * Russian: попа́сть в свою́ же лову́шку
 * Spanish: una cucharada de su propia medicina, ir por lana y volver trasquilado
 * Swedish: fångas i sin egen fälla, smaka på sin egen medicin
 * Turkish: kendi kazdığı çukura düşmek
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: