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as you make your bed, so you must lie in it en · X

Meanings

1. One will carry negative consequences of one's previous action(s).
   • […]As you make your bed, so you must lie in it. If you educate mobs you must expect to have them, and make up your mind to consider them as a political engine not always under exact control. 1902, James Russell Lowell, The Anti-slavery Papers of James Russell Lowell, page 104:
   • The old women say to their daughters: "as you make your bed so you must lie in it;" and the same may we say to the ministers. They took to the Pitt inheritance without any complaint; and the people have a right to demand of them a complete responsibility for all the mischief that shall happen. 1806, Cobbett's Political Register, page 527:
   • […][A]s you make your bed, so you must lie in it. The Lord can't be expected to let those prosper that forget Him. What mercy would it be to you if He did let you prosper by setting snares all church-time, as you were last Sunday, instead of going to church? 1899, Charles Kingsley, The Works of Charles Kingsley...: Yeast. Poems, page 132:

Relateds

as you sow, so shall you reap · you make the bed you lie in · every man is the architect of his own fortune · make one's bed and lie in it

Translations (13)

hu ki mint veti ágyát, úgy alussza álmát (you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation) · ru как посте́лешь, так и поспи́шь (you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation) · ru сам ка́шу завари́л, сам и ку́шай (you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation) · sv som man bäddar får man ligga (you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation) · ro cum îți așterni, așa dormi (you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation) · pl jak sobie pościelesz, tak się wyśpisz (you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation) · cs jak si kdo ustele, tak si lehne (you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation) · fr comme on fait son lit on se couche (you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation) · mk како ќе си постелиш, така ќе си легнеш (you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation) · el όπως στρώσεις, θα κοιμηθείς (you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation) · sl kakor si boš postlal, tako boš spal (you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation) · de wie man sich bettet, so liegt man (you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation) · yi ווי דו וועסט דיך לייגן, אַזוי וועסטו שלאָפֿן (you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation)