单词 | petard |
释义 | petard (petɑːʳd ) Word forms: petards hoist with your own petard phrase If someone who has planned to harm someone else is hoist with their own petard or hoist by their own petard, their plan in fact results in harm to themselves. The students were hoist by their own petards, however, as Granada decided to transmit the programme anyway. Idioms: hoist by your own petard [formal] if someone is hoist by their own petard, their plan to benefit themselves or to harm someone else results instead in benefit to the other person or harm to themselves His plans backfired terribly and in the end he was hoist by his own petard. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers |
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