自じ縄じょう自じ縛ばくに陥おちいる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

to be caught in one's own trap; to be hoist by one's own petard

Idiomatic expression meaning to suffer from the consequences of one's own scheme or actions. Often used in formal or literary contexts.

• 彼かれの策さく略りゃくは結けっ局きょく、自じ縄じょう自じ縛ばくに陥おちいった。

  His scheme ended up being his own undoing.

• あまりに複ふく雑ざつなルールを作つくると、自じ縄じょう自じ縛ばくに陥おちいる可か能のう性せいがある。

  If you make rules that are too complicated, you might end up trapping yourself.