蚕吐丝结茧，把自己包在里面。比喻自己使自己陷入困境。宋陆游《书叹》诗：“人生如春蚕，作茧自缠裹。” 缚：束缚。
作茧自缚 [zuò jiǎn zì fù]
1. in a cocoon around oneself; be caught in one's own trap; cocoon oneself like silkworms; fall into a pit of one's own digging; fall into the cocoon set by oneself; fry in one's own grease; get enmeshed in a web of one's own spinning; hoist oneself with [by] one's own petard; make a cocoon to shut oneself in; put a noose around one's own neck; spin a cocoon around oneself -- to get enmeshed in a web of one's own spinning; tie oneself up with ...; weave a cocoon and get imprisoned in it; wrap oneself up in a cocoon蚕老吐丝结茧，将自己包在其中。喻人做事自陷困境。
鲁迅《答KS君》：“于是从他的行为上感到失望，发生不平，其实是作茧自缚。”
Love This Pain
银河互动网路 ... Perfect Day 完美的一天 Love This Pain 作茧自缚 When You Got A Good Thing 拥抱美好 ...
Cocoon
用山东球迷无与伦比的话来说，山东人性格懦弱、中庸、不思进取、作茧自缚(Cocoon)，儒家思维根深蒂固，而同化能力特别强，俱乐部管理尤甚。
Possessed
1947年，克劳馥凭《作茧自缚》(Possessed)再次获奥斯卡最佳女主角提名。1952年拍摄的《惊惧骤起》(Sudden Fear)，使克劳馥第三次获得奥斯卡最佳女主角提名。
Chrysalide
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当心别作茧自缚
Be Wary of Seeking Closure
对于这些结果你或许会问这样的问题，难道这不是穷人们在作茧自缚？
To all this you might ask the question, aren't poor people bringing their problems on themselves?
那么，我们这些单身的“无生活”们又是不是在作茧自缚呢？
Also, are we, the single "No Lifers" the ones who have created cages or limitations for ourselves?
这和Lesa Mitchell在“女性创业者作茧自缚”(womenentrepreneurs are trapped in glass walls)中提到的不约而同：女性创业者在重要指标上都比男性表现差。
This is the same point Lesa Mitchell made in women entrepreneurs are trapped in glass walls — that “womens’ startups under-perform on key measures of growth.
“作茧自缚”是个多义词，它可以指作茧自缚（汉语成语）, 作茧自缚（3、象棋棋谱名）, 作茧自缚（飘阿兮著小说）。
