出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第180页（215字）
比喻自己欺骗自己，例他偷了钱，却留下了字条说钱不是他偷的，如此掩耳盗铃的笨贼，实在可笑。
He left a note saying he had not stolen the money，when he had actually done it!What a joke to cheat oneself in this way!