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蚕吐丝作茧,把自己裹在里面。比喻做了某件事,结果使自己受困。也比喻自己给自己找麻烦。
[spin a cocoon around oneself;be caught in one’s own trap] 春蚕吐丝为茧,将自己裹缚其中。比喻弄巧成拙,自作自受