吐丝自缚吐絲自縛

tǔ sī zì fù

Meaning

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard

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吐tǔto vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say口土丝sīsilk, fine thread; wire; strings一自zìself; private, personal; from目缚fùto tie, to bind纟尃