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Re: Hoist with/by/from your own petard

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Dean BedfordFeb 5, 2008
 

 
On Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at 11:45 AM, BikerDon wrote:

> I'm afraid I have to disagree to some extent here.
> What Dean quoted above are two possible examples of being 'hoist
> on/with/by/from your own petard', the second being far better than the
> first really.
>  
> It means that a plan or plot that you are concocting (normally to do
> some damage or harm to someone else) backfires and it turns back on
> yourself.

I don't think there is much difference between yours and my
interpretations - but I was trying to explain it in the JAM context
which is of course in the use of words.

In JAM its most frequent use is when someone challenges for an offence
like repeating a word like "you" and then commits the same offence. I
tried to put it in a context that would make sense.

You can call this a plan or a plot if you like - but I think what I was
saying was fine too.

 
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