Phrase guide

it's someone's funeral

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

A person’s decisions or actions will result in negative consequences only for themselves.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, informal, ironic, sarcastic, sometimes

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Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 自食其果 (zìshíqíguǒ) — someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自作自受 (zìzuòzìshòu) — someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person
  • Dutch: het is jouw begrafenis — someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person
  • Finnish: itsepähän siitä kärsii — someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person
  • Finnish: omapa on häpeäsi — someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person
  • Hungarian: nem tartozik rám — someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person
  • Hungarian: nem az én bajom — someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person
  • Hungarian: lelke rajta — someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person