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Der Schuss ging für sie nach hinten los. She was hoist by her own petard.

Redewendungen wie "Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall" oder "Wer andern eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein" stammen ebenso aus der Lutherbibel wie "Wes das Herz voll ist, des geht der Mund über". [G] Expressions like "Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall" ("pride goes before a fall") or "Wer andern eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein" (i.e. "he who digs a pit for others will fall in it himself" - or in modern English: "take care that you are not hoist with your own petard") come from the Luther Bible, as does "Wes das Herz voll ist, des geht der Mund über" ("When the heart is full, the tongue will speak").

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