"dig a hole for oneself" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "digs a hole for oneself",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "digging a hole for oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dug a hole for oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dug a hole for oneself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dig<,,dug> a hole for oneself"
      },
      "expansion": "dig a hole for oneself (third-person singular simple present digs a hole for oneself, present participle digging a hole for oneself, simple past and past participle dug a hole for oneself)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To create a situation that is difficult to get out of."
      ],
      "id": "en-dig_a_hole_for_oneself-en-verb-6l3qOtnZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To create a situation that is difficult to get out of."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "dig oneself in a hole"
        },
        {
          "word": "dig one's own grave"
        },
        {
          "word": "shoot oneself in the foot"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "kaivaa itselleen kuoppaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "maalata itsensä nurkkaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "aggraver son cas"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "kręcić na siebie bicz"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ukręcić na siebie bicz"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dig a hole for oneself"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "digs a hole for oneself",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "digging a hole for oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dug a hole for oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dug a hole for oneself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dig<,,dug> a hole for oneself"
      },
      "expansion": "dig a hole for oneself (third-person singular simple present digs a hole for oneself, present participle digging a hole for oneself, simple past and past participle dug a hole for oneself)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dig oneself in a hole"
    },
    {
      "word": "dig one's own grave"
    },
    {
      "word": "shoot oneself in the foot"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To create a situation that is difficult to get out of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To create a situation that is difficult to get out of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kaivaa itselleen kuoppaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "maalata itsensä nurkkaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "aggraver son cas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kręcić na siebie bicz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ukręcić na siebie bicz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dig a hole for oneself"
}