make one's bed and lie in it

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18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Hakka Chinese: 自家屙屎自家食 — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Finnish: kiehua omassa liemessään — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Finnish: niin makaat kuin petaat — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• French: comme on fait son lit, on se couche — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Hungarian: ki mint veti ágyát, úgy alussza álmát — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Italian: hai voluto la bicicletta? adesso pedala — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Italian: hai voluto la bicicletta e adesso pedala — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Japanese: 自業自得 (jigōjitouku) — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Korean: 자업자득 (ja'eopjadeuk) — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Lithuanian: kaip pasiklosi, taip išmiegosi — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Lithuanian: kad prisivirei košės, tai ir srėbk — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Norwegian Bokmål: som man reder, så ligger man — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Polish: nawarzyć piwa — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Spanish: quien mala cama hace en ella se yace — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Spanish: a lo hecho, pecho — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Swedish: som man bäddar får man ligga — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Swedish: den som sig i leken ger, får leken tåla — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences
• Turkish: kendin ettin, kendin buldun — to create a difficult situation and endure unpleasant consequences