dig a pit for someone
成語所屬單字pit
dig a pit for someone — 慣用語
1. to secretly plan trouble or harm for another person, often in a way that ends up
1.慣用語
釋義
暗中設陷阱害人；挖坑給人跳
to secretly plan trouble or harm for another person, often in a way that ends up hurting yourself instead.
例句
Lord Marston spent months digging a pit for his rival, only to lose his own title in the same scandal.
The novel's villain digs a pit for the young hero but falls into it himself in the final chapter.