To: V_TWIN
The old expression: “Hung by his own petard”?
Shakespeare?
3 posted on
06/05/2026 10:52:27 AM PDT by
SuperLuminal
(Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
To: SuperLuminal
That's a fun expression. I remember a friend and colleague telling me that maybe 50 years ago and looking it up at the time. It really fits when Rubio and Bessent take on the low-IQ Dems.
Literally, the phrase means a bomb-maker was blown off the ground (hoist) by his own bomb (petard). It commonly refers to an ironic reversal in which one is taken down by one's own scheme.
To: SuperLuminal
9 posted on
06/05/2026 2:46:42 PM PDT by
arthurus
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To: SuperLuminal
"Hoist by his own petard" —Shakespeare, Hamlet
10 posted on
06/05/2026 7:48:26 PM PDT by
Albion Wilde
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