#hoist_with_his_own_petard

Hoist with his own petard

Quote from ''Hamlet'' indicating an ironic reversal

"Hoist with his own petard" is a phrase from a speech in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet that has become proverbial. The phrase's meaning is that a bomb-maker is blown off the ground by his own bomb ("petard"), and indicates an ironic reversal or poetic justice.

Thu 16th

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