作茧自缚

成語

［中］

蚕吐丝作茧，把自己裹在里面。比喻做了某件事，结果使自己受困。也比喻自己给自己找麻烦。

［英］

in a cocoon around oneself; be caught in one's own trap; cocoon oneself like silkworms; fall into a pit of one's own digging; fall into the cocoon set by oneself; fry in one's own grease; get enmeshed in a web of one's own spinning; hoist oneself with one's own petard; make a cocoon to shut oneself in; put a noose around one's own neck; spin a cocoon around oneself -- to get enmeshed in a web of one's own spinning; tie oneself up with; weave a cocoon and get imprisoned in it; wrap oneself up in a cocoon

［日］

カイコがまゆを作って自分をその中に閉じこめる．〈喩〉自縄自縛

［出典］

唐•白居易《江州赴忠州至江陵已来舟中示舍弟五十韵》诗：“烛蛾谁救护，蚕茧自缠萦。”宋•陆游《剑南诗稿•书叹》：“人生如春蚕，作茧自缠裹。”

［類義］

；；自作自受

［反義］