Idiom
heffalump trap
Meaning
A situation where an attempt to trap or outwit someone ends up backfiring on the original schemer.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He fell into his own heffalump trap.”
“The manager tried to trick his rival, but it became a heffalump trap when the boss found out.”
“By engineering an elaborate scheme to discredit his colleague, the ambitious politician inadvertently constructed a heffalump trap that ultimately ruined his own career.”
Examples
simple
“He fell into his own heffalump trap.”
contextual
“The manager tried to trick his rival, but it became a heffalump trap when the boss found out.”
complex
“By engineering an elaborate scheme to discredit his colleague, the ambitious politician inadvertently constructed a heffalump trap that ultimately ruined his own career.”
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