dig a hole for oneself

dig a hole for oneself

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• dig oneself in a hole
• dig one's own grave

• “dig a hole for yourself” (US) / “dig a hole for yourself” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “dig a hole for yourself” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “dig a hole for yourself” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.