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Hoist by your own petard - the meaning and origin of this phrase. ... Phrases, Sayings and Idioms Home > Phrase Dictionary - Meanings and Origins > Hoist with your own petard...
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The reference can be found in Hamlet (Act 3, scene 4) Shakespeare didn't invent the term though.
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The petard was the first 'shaped' explosive charge, used by a Mining Engineer (colloquially 'sapper') to precisely direct a blast onto a single point, like a lock or door hinge, when mining toward a defended structure during a siege. It was...
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To-day a petard (of French origin) is a small bomb used to blow open a door or a firecracker. ... Sometimes the petard when off prematurely with unfortunate consequences for the person carrying the bomb. He was thereby "hoisted on his own petard". The expression was subsequently used to express what happens when a scheme...
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So he turned that on, and went to www.dictionary.com to look up "petard." He got it, all right..... And now I know what my name means in France. Only the strong of will should find out the true meaning of this expression....THIS IS A WARNING. ... Find out the meaning of "hoisted by your own petard"
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Definition of hoisted by own petard in the Idioms Dictionary. hoisted by own petard phrase. What does hoisted by own petard expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary. ... Hoistaway; hoisted; hoisted; hoisted; hoisted; hoisted; Hoisted by my own petard; Hoisted by my own petard; hoisted by own petard;
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PEF home page and weblog ... Posted by Toby Sanger under Fraser Institute, free trade, intellectual property. October 1st, 2008; Comments: 4 ... Of all the high-flyers and assorted fraudsters now coming down to earth, this one is just too rich and comical to pass by. ...
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In Shakespeare's "Hamlet", one may recall the well-known lines: "hoisted on his own petard". ... Gypsy . In the 16th Century, there began to appear in Briton some members of a wandering race of people who were of Hindu origin.
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