you make the bed you lie in

English

Proverb

you make the bed you lie in

A person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions.

Related terms

Translations

a person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions

Finnish: niin makaat kuin petaat
Hungarian: ki mint veti ágyát, úgy alussza álmát (hu)
Korean: 자업자득(自業自得) (ko) (ja'eopjadeuk)
Russian: как посте́лешь, так и поспи́шь (kak postélešʹ, tak i pospíšʹ), сам завари́л, сам и ку́шай (sam zavaríl, sam i kúšaj, literally “you cooked it yourself, so eat it yourself”)
Swedish: som man bäddar får man ligga

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