It was always appealing when a character is hoist on his own petard.

当一个角色被吊在自己的脚，总是很吸引人。

Listeners, I capitulated in the two minutes we were on break and I did Google petard.

听众们，在休息的两分钟内投降了， 做了谷歌petard。

Listeners, you should write in and tell us, what is a petard?

听众们，们应该写信告诉们， 什是petard？

In any case, I don't even know if I'm saying petard right.

无论如何，什至不知道说的对不对。

How's that? How did I do? Do you know what a petard is?

怎？做得怎？知道什是宠物吗？

And in the case of Icahn, this gives me an excuse to use a phrase which I've long wanted to use, which is hoisted by his own petard.

就伊坎而言， 这给了一个借口， 可以使用一直想使用的短语，而这却是他自己搬起石头砸自己的脚。

How I picture a petard is some kind of medieval weapon that's sort of like a spear or a halberd or a pike, and that somehow you're hoisted on it in some kind of jousting accident.

在的想象中， 佩塔德是一种中世纪的武器， 有点像长矛、戟或长矛，在某种比武事故中， 会以某种方式被举在上面。