that's what you get; a phrase of admonishment used when the undesirable but predictable consequences of someone's actions have become reality
köken: Ellipsis of das kommt davon, wenn (man/du) .... Literally, “this comes from it”.
alternative spelling of comme on fait son lit on se couche
what's done is done · make one's bed and lie in it · own up to it
köken: Chosen for the rhyme. Pecho literally means “chest”, but figuratively “valor, strength, fortitude”, and as a conjugating form of pechar it also means “I put up with, I deal with”. This phrase can therefore be interpreted as “to the done [thing], fortitude”, “with what's done, I deal/put up”, or less literally, “I shall deal with what's done”.
sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
köken: Literally, “(he) who sows wind gathers tempest”. Compare French qui sème le vent récolte la tempête.
Rusça 🔊 как ау́кнется, так и откли́кнется , как посте́лешь, так и поспи́шь , что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь
Arapça 🔊 كَمَا تَدِينُ تُدَان
Farsça 🔊 از هر دست بدهی از همان دست میگیری , خلایق هرچه لایق , خودکرده را تدبیر نیست , خودکرده را درمان نیست
Felemenkçe 🔊 dat komt ervan , wie wind zaait, zal storm oogsten
every action brings its consequences; what goes around, comes around
eş: o mundo dá voltas, quem semeia ventos colhe tempestades, tudo que vai volta, vai ter volta, você colhe o que planta
köken: Literally, “Here is done, here is paid”.
人を害すると、密かにやったつもりであっても、同じ仕打ちにあうことを覚悟すべきであるということ。転じて、安易に他人を害しようとすることの戒め。
köken: Literally "if you curse someone, there are two holes."
Korece 🔊 뿌린대로 거둔다 , 자업자득 /t͡ɕa̠ʌ̹p̚t͡ɕ͈a̠dɯk̚/ making one's bed and lying in it, reaping what one sows
köken: Sino-Korean word from 自 (“self”) + 業 (“result, karma”) + 自 (“self”) + 得 (“obtain”)
aile: 자업자득하다
as you make your bed, so you must lie in it, you made your bed, now sleep in it
köken: Literally, “as one makes the bed, one gets to lie”.
the chickens come home to roost
köken: Rhyme, literally, “suffer [my] body, since you wanted to”.
Hintçe 🔊 जैसा कर्म करोगे वैसा ही फल मिलेगा
what goes around comes around, sow the wind, reap the whirlwind, the chickens come home to roost
köken: Literally, “God doesn't beat with the club”. Possibly a calque of Hungarian Isten nem ver bottal, with the same meaning.
as you sow, so shall you reap
köken: Literally, “as one sows, so one reaps”
İbranice 🔊 גלגל חוזר בעולם , הגלגל מסתובב , כל אחד מקבל בסוף מה שמגיע לו , מה שנותנים ־ מקבלים
used to describe situations where a person's aggressive, daring, or immoral behaviour provokes an opponent to engage in similar behaviour, what goes around comes around.
Norveççe 🔊 man høster som man sår , som man reder, så ligger man
what goes around comes around; you reap what you sow; as you sow, so shall you reap.
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 惡 (“evil”), 者 (“people”), 惡 (“evil”) and 報 (“revenge”). Literally, “evil people will be returned with evil”.
Bulgarca 🔊 всичко се връща , каквото повикало, такова се обадило
make one's bed and lie in it (literally: now that you've cooked some gruel for yourself, slurp it)
Tayca 🔊 กงเกวียนกำเกวียน , กรรมใดใครก่อ กรรมนั้นคืนสนอง , กรรมตามสนอง , ให้ทุกข์แก่ท่าน ทุกข์นั้นถึงตัว /kam˧.taːm˧.sa˨˩.nɔːŋ˩˩˦/ suffering incurred as a result of a previous evil deed; unpleasant impact which one incurs as a result of one's previous bad deed; evil retribution.
köken: From กรรม (gam, “karma”) + ตาม (dtaam, “to come after; to go after; to follow; to pursue”) + สนอง (sà-nɔ̌ɔng, “to respond; to return”).
as you sow, so shall you reap
köken: Literally, “He who sows actions will reap actions”.
Esperanto 🔊 kia ago tia pago
what goes around comes around
köken: Literally, “As you do, they do to you.”
cmn 🔊 善有善報，惡有惡報 /善有善报 , 因果循环，报应不爽。 , 媳婦熬成婆 /媳妇熬成婆 , 害人害己 , 恶有恶报 , 種瓜得瓜 /种瓜得瓜