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Originally posted by rockyroad
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You shall now be hoisted by your petard (whatever the heck that is)...and while hoisted[/B][/QUOTE]A "petard" was similar to a medieval grenade. It was a rudimentary explosive charge, usually in an iron container. To be "hoist on your own petard" meant that you blew yourself up while trying to ignite the charge to blow someone else up.
A more modern example would be Big Jim McBob and Billy Sol Hurok. They were "hoisted on their own petards" many, many times- i.e.
"We blowed 'em up reeeeeeal good".
End of today's lesson.