搬起石头砸自己的脚
bānqǐshítou zá zìjǐ de jiǎo
成语，比喻本来想害别人，结果害了自己。
To plan to make somebody miserable but end up getting hurt themselves.
This phrase describes a situation in which someone is going to raise a stone to hit others but have his foot squashed at last. It means that someone plans to make others miserable but end up getting hurt themselves.
e.g.
他想骗人，却先被人家骗了，真是搬起石头砸自己的脚。
tā xiǎng piànrén，què xiān bèi rénjia piàn le，zhēnshì bānqǐ shítou zá zìjǐ de jiǎo.
He wanted to cheat others, but was cheated by others; he was really hoist by his own petard.
蠢人总是做那些搬起石头砸自己的脚的事。
ch?nrén z?ngshì zuò nàxiē bānq? shítóuzá zìj? de ji?o de shì。
The foolish always do something like lifting a rock only to drop it on their own feet.
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