Does the idiom "step on a rake" mean making the same mistake twice?

Stepping on a rake evokes the visual "joke" of someone walking carelessly onto a lying rake and getting violently struck in the face and torso, it's been used in cartoons and slapstick comedy throughout the 20th century but as an idiom, it is less common.

The literal definition by Wiktionary was created in October 2006, and although it is a collaborative website, it has never been modified.

To step on the tines of a garden rake, causing the handle of the rake to rise from the ground rapidly, invariably striking the person walking in the face.

Searching on Google reveals that nearly all the online dictionary definitions are copied verbatim from Wiktionary. Examples include; Phrases, Wordnik, and YourDictionary, which lists it as a compound, step-on-a-rake. In September 2006, Toadbath posted their first and only definition in Urban Dictionary

to say or do something seemingly uncontroversial which evokes an unexpectedly vehement response - akin to the experience of stepping on a rake in the dark such that the shaft swings up and suddenly hits one in the face.
“He probably thought it would be an innocent remark, little realising he would step on a rake in view of the violent respnse [sic] it was likely to draw.”

In seventeen years that definition has raked in a mere 28 thumbs up, suggesting it isn't very popular or commonly used–at least by UD readers.

On October 29, 2001, a user by the name of Patty, posted a question on The Phrase Finder discussion forum

My husband recently received a note from someone in Britain who used the expression "I stepped on a rake" to mean that he caused himself some trouble, or stumbled into a bad situation. Is this a common phrase, or just a metaphor this particular individual chose? Thanks. - Patty

Two answers were posted which neither confirmed nor rejected Patty's suppositions.

If the OP wanted to say they made a stupid blunder, or they inadvertently harmed themself, then by all means use "step on a rake". But if they want to emphasize the idea of making a mistake repeatedly, a more effective phrase would be "I screwed up again”.

The idea that stepping on a rake meaning repeatedly making the same mistake might be influenced by a (slightly famous?) scene from The Simpsons (from the episode Cape Feare, S05E02), where the character Sideshow Bob repeatedly steps on multiple rakes.

Based solely on personal experience (native U.S. English speaker), "step on a rake" had the connotations of 1) walking along, maybe not being too thoughtful or cautious, and 2) something unanticipated coming from where you weren't looking and smacking you in the face. But as one of millions who watching that episode over and over, these days I can't hear the phrase and not think of the repeated smacks to the face that Sideshow Bob got.

In (American) English "stepping on a rake" implies not just making a mistake, but making a foreseeable mistake, which you should have avoided by not being so sloppy and careless.

You stepped on the rake and smashed your face because you (or someone else) lazily left the rake laying in the grass, and stupidly left the rake with the tines pointed up.

The American English phrase (which I just made up) which has the same meaning as "наступать на грабли" would be "don't keep stepping on the same rake" (i.e. making the same stupid and painful mistake over and over again).

Image source: Stepping vs. Jumping On A Rake (Know Your Meme)