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tel est pris qui croyait prendre

French, proverb/tɛ.l‿ɛ pʁi ki kʁwa.jɛ pʁɑ̃dʁ/

tel est pris qui croyait prendre is a French proverb meaning “the biter is bit; the tables are turned; someone was beaten at their own game” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does tel est pris qui croyait prendre mean in English?

proverb

  1. 1

    the biter is bit; the tables are turned; someone was beaten at their own game

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. À force de ruser, on peut se perdre dans ses machinations.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce tel est pris qui croyait prendre?

  • /tɛ.l‿ɛ pʁi ki kʁwa.jɛ pʁɑ̃dʁ/
  • /te.l‿ɛ pʁi ki kʁwa.jɛ pʁɑ̃dʁ/
  • \tɛ.l‿ɛ pʁi ki kʁwa.jɛ pʁɑ̃dʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.