Idioms

[NOIRTRASH]

HOISTED BY HIS OWN PETARD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petard

 

[49greg]

Sounds like and early shaped charge.

 

[Blind_Justice]

The fucking hardest thing to get right as a non-native speaker.

 

[SamScribble]

HOISTED BY HIS OWN PETARD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petard

Interesting. For most of my life, the expression has normally used the verb 'hoist' rather than 'hoisted'. But maybe it's changing. English is a living language.