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Making a rod for your own back.
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Does anyone know where this saying comes from and what it means?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It was listed as a proverb in a publication from the 15th century, so presumably it had been around for some time even prior to that. It's unlikely, therefore, that you will ever establish who first said it...it may even date back to classical times.
As suggested by Electrochem above, it means laying oneself open to punishment of one's own accord.
As suggested by Electrochem above, it means laying oneself open to punishment of one's own accord.