停滞不前滞：滞留。停止下来不继续前进。[查看详情]

玩火自焚玩弄火者自身遭焚。比喻作恶多端的人终无好下场。英whoever plays with fire will perish by fire; he who plays with fire will get burned;[查看详情]

自掘坟墓比喻自己把自己推上绝路。英dig one’s own grave;[查看详情]

自讨苦吃自寻烦恼；自找困难。例要求增加定额到时候完不成，还不是自讨苦吃。——古立高《初恋》英ask for trouble; bring trouble upon oneself;[查看详情]

裹足不前停步不前好像脚被缠住了一样(多指有顾忌)例天下智谋之士闻而自疑，将裹足不前，主公谁与定天下乎？——《三国演义》英be at a standstill; hang a leg; hesitate to proceed;[查看详情]

造茧自缚作茧自缚。喻做了某事结果反而使自己受困。[查看详情]

故步自封故步：旧时行步的方法。遵行旧时的步法而封闭自限。喻墨守成规不求进步。英confine oneself to the old method; stand still and cease to move a step forward;[查看详情]

画地为牢上古时民情淳厚对有罪的人，只须在地上画个圈让人立于圈内作为惩罚。现用来比喻只准在指定范围内活动。例故士有画地为牢势不可入，削木为吏，议不可对，定计于鲜也。——汉司马迁《报任少卿书》英restrict sb.'s activities to a designated area or sphere by drawi[查看详情]

作法自毙立法者犯了自己所立的法而为其所害。例怎奈此时官场中人十居其九是吃烟的，哪一个肯建这个政策作法自毙呢？——《二十年目睹之怪现状》英make a law only to fall foul of it oneself; be hoist with or by one’s own petard; get caught in one’s own trap;[查看详情]

自作自受由自己的不良行为招致的后果应由自己承担。例汝母在生之日都无一片善心，终朝杀害生灵每日欺凌三宝。自作自受非天与人。——《敦煌变文集目边缘起》英reap the fruits of one’s action; suffer through one's own misdeeds; stew in one's own juice;[查看详情]

吐丝自缚比喻人的所作所为束缚了自己的行动。英it produces silk and traps itself;[查看详情]