ㄊㄨˇˋㄈㄨˊtǔsī‑zìfú

吐丝自缚
tǔsī‑zìfùㄊㄨˇ ㄙ ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˋ
  1. 自己包裹比喻反而使自己陷入困境自我束縛作繭自縛」。 吐絲自縛難以脫身」。

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom)​; enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising, hoist with his own petard