ㄗㄨㄛˋzuòㄐㄧㄢˇjiǎnˋㄈㄨˊ

  1. 自己包裹·白居易〉:救活蠶繭。」比喻做事使自己陷入困境當初邀功所有身上如今問題責任只能真是作繭自縛!」

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