Translations for „petard“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

petard [peˈtɑ:d, Am pɪˈtɑ:rd] N

hoist(ed) with/by one's own petard

попа́сть в со́бственную лову́шку

Usage examples with petard

to be hoist(ed) with one's own petard

попа́сть в со́бственную лову́шку

hoist(ed) with/by one's own petard

попа́сть в со́бственную лову́шку

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

These included ground fireworks, petards, band services and liturgical ceremonies.

en.wikipedia.org

Sometimes you get something that's a great idea, sometimes you're hoisted by your own petard.

metro.co.uk

These postmodernists are being hoisted by their own petard by a student who hasn't even read the majority of the works he's stealing from.

www.latimes.com

Effeminate men get hoisted on their own chiffon petards.

www.huffingtonpost.com

It looked, in fact, set to hoist on its own petard.

thenationonlineng.net

No one is rewarded for hoisting themselves upon their own petards.

nation.time.com

And now we are virtually hoisted in the petard of a constitutional conundrum.

www.vanguardngr.com

At this point he was hoisted by his own petard: the emperor's paranoia, which he had so ably exploited for his own gain, was turned against him.

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Ah darn, they really like being hoisted by their own petards, don't they?

rhrealitycheck.org

The co-driver then breaks down open the petard barrel and pushes the petard round into the barrel and then closes it.

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