作茧自缚 meaning in English
in a cocoon around oneself; be caught in one's own trap; cocoon oneself like silkworms; fall into a pit of one's own digging; fall into the cocoon set by oneself; fry in one's own grease; get enmeshed in a web of one's own spinning; hoist oneself with [by] one's own petard; make a cocoon to shut oneself in; put a noose around one's own neck; spin a cocoon around oneself -- to get enmeshed in a web of one's own spinning; tie oneself up with ...; weave a cocoon and get imprisoned in it; wrap oneself up in a cocoon
Examples
- It may be suicidal, but there it is .
这也许是作茧自缚，但是事实如此。 - The spider got entangled in its own web .
结果总是作茧自缚。 - Otherwise he would never have trapped himself by those statements .
要不然，他决不会发表那几点声明来作茧自缚的。 - This enthusiasm has one major effect that although not seen at the time, was self-defeating .
这种热情的主要后果恰如作茧自缚。尽管这一情况当时始终未意识到。 - For one thing , oil producers have tied their own hands
其一，石油供给方作茧自缚。