בַּקְּדֵרָה שֶׁבִּשֵּׁל בָּהּ נִתְבַּשֵּׁל

ביטוי (אנגלית)

He was paid in his own coin/ hoist with his own petard

הגדרה (אנגלית)

By metaphor: the scheme devised against others ultimately worked against its originator. The evil planned turned against its planner.

("And Egypt prepared a snare for him (Exodus 14:27)... He was cooked in the pot he cooked in (the Egyptians planned to kill the children of Israel in the sea and in the end they drowned in the sea)" - Sotah 61a)