Almancamit den eigenen Waffen schlagen
the biter is bit; the tables are turned; someone was beaten at their own game
eş: comme tu feras, tu trouveras, ce tu feras, tu le trouveras, ce tu sèmeras, tu le recolteras, qui ainsi fera, ainsi recevra, à malin, malin et demi
köken: From the fable Le Rat et l'Huître by Jean de La Fontaine.
to backfire (to fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune) · hoist by one's own petard · to get more than one bargained for
çekim: geçmiş fui por lana y volví trasquilado · ortaç ido por lana y vuelto trasquilado
köken: Literally, “go for wool and come back shorn/sheared”.
to cut off one's nose to spite one's face, shoot oneself in the foot
çekim: geçmiş dàtosi la zappa sui piedi · ortaç dàtosi la zappa sui piedi
İsveççefångas i sin egen fälla, smaka på sin egen medicin
Lehçewpadać we własne sidła, wpaść we własne sidła
Macarcasaját kelepcéjébe/csapdájába esik
Endonezcesenjata makan tuan
Vietnamcagậy ông đập lưng ông
İzlandacafalla á eigin bragði, fallinn á eigin bragði, ganga í eigin gildru, genginn í eigin gildru
cmn作法自斃 /作法自毙, 害人害己, 自食其果