Meanings (ES + gloss)
ir por lana y volver trasquilado • una cucharada de su propia medicina
Hurt or destroyed by one's own plot or device intended for another; "blown up by one's own bomb".
He has no one to blame but himself; he was hoisted by his own petard.
Unhappily, the country as well as Mr. Marples has been hoist by the Minister's petard. (Mr. Marples was the Minister concerned)
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