you've made your bed and you must lie on it
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you've made your bed and you must lie in it — you ve made your bed and you must ˈlie in/on it idiom (saying) you must accept the results of your actions Main entry: ↑bedidiom … Useful english dictionary
You've made your bed (and you'll have to lie in it). — You ve made your bed (and you ll have to lie in it). something that you say in order to tell someone that they must accept that they will suffer as a result of something bad that they have done. Don t come crying to me if it all goes wrong. You… … New idioms dictionary
as you make your bed, so you must lie upon it — Cf. late 15th cent. Fr. comme on faict son lict, on le treuve, as one makes one’s bed, so one finds it. c 1590 G. HARVEY Marginalia (1913) 88 Lett them..go to there bed, as themselues shall make it. 1640 G. HERBERT Outlandish Proverbs no. 340 He… … Proverbs new dictionary
make your bed and lie in it — ◇ Expressions like you ve made your bed, and now you must lie in it mean that you have done something that causes problems and now you must accept and deal with those problems. There s nothing we can do to help her. She s made her bed and has to… … Useful english dictionary
bed — bed1 [ bed ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount a piece of furniture that you sleep on, consisting of a soft comfortable part called a mattress and a base: double/twin/single bed: The room had two single beds in it. out of/in bed: It s midnight why… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bed — I UK [bed] / US noun Word forms bed : singular bed plural beds *** 1) a) [countable/uncountable] a piece of furniture that you sleep on, consisting of a soft comfortable part called a mattress and a base double/single bed: The room had two single … English dictionary
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 … Idioms and examples
bed — bed1 W1S1 [bed] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(sleep)¦ 2¦(sex)¦ 3¦(river/lake/sea)¦ 4¦(garden)¦ 5¦(rock)¦ 6¦(lowest layer)¦ 7¦(in river/water)¦ 8 get out of bed on the wrong side 9 not a bed of roses 10 you ve made your bed and you … Dictionary of contemporary English
bed — 1 noun /bed/ 1 SLEEP (C, U) a piece of furniture for sleeping on: a spare bed | a double bed | in bed: Simon lay in bed reading for hours. | go to bed: In the end, she went to bed without any fuss. | make the bed (=tidy the bed covers) | put sb… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Josh Lewis and Reva Shayne — Jeva (for Josh and Reva) on internet message boards. Storyline Josh Lewis and Reva Shayne met while growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Reva s family worked for the wealthy Lewis clan. They were childhood sweethearts until Josh left for college.… … Wikipedia
