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"petard" in Spanish
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Here we have the saboteur saboté - the saboteur hoist with his own petard.
Hay un dicho francés que habla del arroseur arrosé: en este caso tenemos el saboteur saboté.
he was hoist with his own petard
le salió el tiro por la culata
Until the day when, like the man hoist with his own petard, the socialist leaders find themselves at the receiving end of the stone throwing.
Hasta el día en que - al igual que en la fábula del burlador burlado - los propios dirigentes socialistas son los que reciben las pedradas.
With the Commission now taking it to court over the breaches of the stability and growth pact, Germany is effectively hoisted by its own petard.
Ahora que la Comisión la ha demandado ante los tribunales por incumplimiento del Pacto de Estabilidad y Crecimiento, Alemania ha caído en su propia trampa.
And one more thing about Croatia: by implementing the Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone, Croatian politics was hoisted by its own petard.
Otra cosa más acerca de Croacia: al establecer una Zona Ecológica y de Protección de los Caladeros a los políticos croatas les ha salido el tiro por la culata.
MrPresident, is this not a case of our being hoist by our own petard, or in other words of our being caught out by the rule sometimes known as too much invested to quit?
Señor Presidente, ¿no será que nos ha salido el tiro por la culata o, en otras palabras, que nos vemos atrapados por la norma o, como se dice a veces, por nuestra propia red?
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