“” “” If her knife is in her back, as written, it makes little sense.”” “”
It is an idiom. Meaning I stabbed myself while trying to stab another person and angry at that person for evading it.
"It is an idiom. Meaning I stabbed myself while trying to stab another person and angry at that person for evading it." True, its an idiom, but you have the wrong meaning. Here is an example of the correct quote on a mug for sale on Amazon:
I have also seen it many times elsewhere, on T-shirts, in joke books, etc.. The irony is that a person would stab someone in the back, and then have the hutzpah to call the victim a thief for running away with their knife.