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Friday, 7 October 2016

You've made your own bed, now lie in it.

Definition: You made a decision and now must accept its consequences. Note : This expression is commonly used as a response to people who have been complaining about problems they have brought on themselves.

 This is one of an occasional series in which I am trying to revive expressions or words that are dying out such as one of my favourite words "smote".

 Similar expressions to the above are:-

"Reap what you sow"

 "Get a taste of your own medicine"

and, my own particular favourite

"Hoist with his own petard"

I can only assume that ladies do not possess petards, indeed, sadly most of us don't.


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