David A. Stewart

Most people who get into power in the western world start with great intentions, but slowly they all become entrapped and hung by their own petard.

English Musician

Maxwell Caulfield

I'm always playing these mendacious characters who end up hoisting themselves by their own petard.

English Actor

Originally a military term from the era of castles and sieges, now rarely used except in history.

Historical Use

The word 'petard' is considered old-fashioned and is mostly found in historical texts or narratives.

Archaic Term

Imagine a petard as a small, portable bomb, like a hand grenade from the past.

Physical Description

'Hoist with one's own petard' suggests someone's plan backfired, harming themselves instead.

Metaphorical Harm

Use this phrase to indicate a sense of poetic justice or irony when someone’s plot fails.

Irony and Justice

The phrase is popular in literature to add depth to stories involving clever but flawed plans.

Literary Device

 unfold as the enemy crew start to abandon ship no meu boat could contain vital intelligence which could be utilized by the Allies Chani fasten the first leftenant on petard an Able Seaman

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