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English
Proverb
as you make your bed, so you must lie in it
- You shall carry the negative consequences of your not having prepared properly.
Synonyms
as you sow, so shall you reap
Translations
you shall carry the burden of your poor preparation
- Czech: jak si kdo ustele, tak si lehne
- French: comme on fait son lit on se couche (fr)
- German: wie man sich bettet, so liegt man
- Greek: όπως στρώσεις, θα κοιμηθείς (ópos stróseis, tha koimitheís)
- Hungarian: ki mint veti ágyát, úgy alussza álmát (hu)
- Macedonian: како ќе си постелиш, така ќе си легнеш (kako ḱe si posteliš, taka ḱe si legneš)
- Polish: jak sobie pościelesz, tak się wyśpisz (pl)
- Romanian: cum îți așterni, așa dormi
- Russian: как посте́лешь, так и поспи́шь (kak postélešʹ, tak i pospíšʹ), сам ка́шу завари́л, сам и ку́шай (sam kášu zavaríl, sam i kúšaj) (You've cooked the porridge so eat it yourself)
- Slovene: kakor si boš postlal, tako boš spal
- Swedish: som man bäddar får man ligga
- Yiddish: ווי דו וועסט דיך לייגן, אַזוי וועסטו שלאָפֿן (vi du vest dikh leygn, azoy vestu shlofn)
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