吐丝自缚

Pinyin: tǔ sī zì fù Usage: 连动式；作谓语、定语；含贬义 Explanation: 比喻自己的所作所为阻碍了自己的行动自由。 Source: 宋·释道原《景德传灯录·志公和尚十四科颂》：“声闻执法坐禅，如蚕吐丝自缚。” Thesaurus:  wait at one's ease for the fatigued enemy, dwell under one's vine and fig tree, Great cry and little wool., to harp on the same string., new wine in old bottles, get up steam; conserve strength and store up energy, fare worse and worse for all one's scheming, (of a nation) recuperate and multiply, One of a relaxation, A relaxation one, To be the Labour Lost