作茧自缚
zuò​jiǎn​zì​fù

self-entrapment

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    作茧自缚 / 作繭自縛

    zuò​jiǎn​zì​fù

    self-entrapment

    To spin a cocoon around oneself; to be enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising or hoist by one's own petard.

    他原本想陷害同事，结果却是作茧自缚，自己反而被公司开除了。

    idiom

    created sense