Hung by their own petard. Always a favourite.

Hoist.

A petard was a small bomb, not unlike the squib of 'damp' fame.

Perhaps we should play grammarian donkey*...


* A catch game were each mistake saw you get a letter, until the word donkey was spelled (not spelt - that is a type of grain). A bit like killer, for those that play pool.

I wouldn't have thought a small bomb would be the tool of choice for hoisting people. Was this in the days before cherry pickers?

I think hoist has come to mean lift and hold/suspend, but a bomb could at least do the first part. Anybody who can segue back to Eastmond from here deserves a medal.

Do you think Kyle has bombed his chances of getting back in the Saints squad this season?

I knew that, why did I write it incorrectly?

I'm on "D".