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搬起石头砸自己的脚

bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo

Definitions

  • to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
  • hoisted by one's own petard