- make one's bed and lie in it
- be responsible for what one has done and then have to accept the bad results
You quit your job and now you have no money. You made your bed. Now you must lie in it.
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make one's bed and lie in it
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make one's bed and lie in it — To be responsible for what you have done and so to have to accept the bad results. * /Billy smoked one of his father s cigars and now he is sick. He made his bed, now let him lie in it./ Compare: FACE THE MUSIC(2) … Dictionary of American idioms
make one's bed and lie in it — To be responsible for what you have done and so to have to accept the bad results. * /Billy smoked one of his father s cigars and now he is sick. He made his bed, now let him lie in it./ Compare: FACE THE MUSIC(2) … Dictionary of American idioms
bed — See: GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED, GO TO BED WITH THE CHICKENS, MAKE ONE S BED AND LIE IN IT, PUT TO BED … Dictionary of American idioms
bed — See: GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED, GO TO BED WITH THE CHICKENS, MAKE ONE S BED AND LIE IN IT, PUT TO BED … Dictionary of American idioms
lie — See: GIVE THE LIE TO, LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE, MAKE ONE S BED AND LIE IN IT … Dictionary of American idioms
lie — See: GIVE THE LIE TO, LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE, MAKE ONE S BED AND LIE IN IT … Dictionary of American idioms
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Lie — Lie, v. i. [imp. {Lay} (l[=a]); p. p. {Lain} (l[=a]n), ({Lien} (l[imac] [e^]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lying}.] [OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen, licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth. ligan,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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