dig a hole for oneself

dig a hole for oneself (third-person singular simple present digs a hole for oneself, present participle digging a hole for oneself, simple past and past participle dug a hole for oneself)

1. (informal, idiomatic) To take an action or create a situation from which it is difficult to extricate.

• dig oneself in a hole
• dig one's own grave
• shoot oneself in the foot

• “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 Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.