zaregoto almost 2 years ago [hidden] zgryphon said:... Why?It's a Chinese saying synonymous to digging yourself into a hole.. 1 Reply Copy ID Copy Link
NWF Renim almost 2 years ago [hidden] zaregoto said:It's a Chinese saying synonymous to digging yourself into a hole..Some other sites suggest the idiom is similar to hoist with one's own petard. 1 Reply Copy ID Copy Link
zaregoto almost 2 years ago [hidden] NWF_Renim said:Some other sites suggest the idiom is similar to hoist with one's own petard.I guess that one's definitely closer with how detailed it is. 0 Reply Copy ID Copy Link
NWF Renim almost 2 years ago [hidden] Amusingly, it seems the idiom from Hamlet is a double entendre. Both the obvious "blown up with one's own bomb" and apparently could be understood by people of the time as "blown away by one's own fart." 0 Reply Copy ID Copy Link
zgryphon over 1 year ago [hidden] NWF_Renim said:Some other sites suggest the idiom is similar to hoist with one's own petard.Aha. (See also: shooting oneself in the foot.) 0 Reply Copy ID Copy Link