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own petard when he tried to kill his wife. because he accidentally drank the poison that he prepared for his wife.

罪犯想杀死自己的妻子，结果害人不成反害了自己.他误喝了准备让妻子喝下的毒药。

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The reality is that Gawker and sites such as Mail Online, drawn from the UK tabloid tradition, face being hoist by their own petard.

现实是Gawker及脱胎于英国小报传统的Mail Online这类网站正面临自食其果的窘境。

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The police hoisted the criminal with his own petard.

警察使罪犯搬起石头砸自己的脚.

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should the crazed chasers be driving you into a corner, a treasure trunk or a petard may be your last chance for survival.

当疯狂的猎人把你驱逐到一个角落时，一个宝物箱或者一个爆炸物也许是你最后生存的希望。

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Critics say he is in danger of being hoist with his own petard.

有批评者认为他的话无疑是作茧自缚,但不管如何,切尔西是否能有一天超越在全球范围拥有五千五百万球迷、年获得五千万英镑收益的曼彻斯特联队?

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It was indeed a clever plan to entrap his opponent, but in the end he was hoist by his own petard.

设圈套陷害他的对手固然是个妙计, 可是到头来却是作法自毙.

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