OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 33366

make one's bed and lie in it

Meanings (ES + gloss)
a lo hecho, pecho • quien mala cama hace en ella se yace
To create a difficult situation whose unpleasant consequences one must now endure.
It was true that he had made his own bed, and he understood the justice which required him to lie upon it.
[...] one of the falsest of proverbs is that you must lie on the bed that you have made. The experience of life shows that people are constantly doing things which must lead to dis…
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