you make the bed you lie in

English

Proverb

you make the bed you lie in

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

Related terms

• as you make your bed, so you must lie in it
• make one's bed and lie in it

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)
• Persian: خودکرده را تدبیر نیست (xod-karde râ tadbir nist), خودکرده را درمان نیست (xod-karde râ darmân nist)
• 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