as you make your bed, so you must lie in it

as you make your bed, so you must lie in it

English

Proverb

as you make your bed, so you must lie in it

1. You shall carry the negative consequences of your not having prepared properly.

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, wie man sich bettet, so schläft man Greek: όπως στρώσεις, θα κοιμηθείς (ópos stróseis, tha koimitheís)

Polish: jak sobie pościelesz, tak się wyśpisz (pl) Russian: как посте́лешь, так и поспи́шь (kak postélešʹ, tak i pospíšʹ) Slovene: kakor si boš postlal, tako boš spal Swedish: som man bäddar får man ligga

See also

• every man is the architect of his own fortune

Related terms

• make one's bed and lie in it

Further reading

• as you make your bed, so you must lie on it, idioms.thefreedictionary.com