(poetic/literary)used in reference to a situation regarded as a trap (诗/文)陷阱;圈套 Henry had become caught in the toils of his own deviousness. 亨利的阴险狡诈把自己坑了。
语源
early 16th cent. (denoting a net into which a hunted quarry is driven): plural of toil, from Old French toile 'net, trap' (see toile)