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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
Marginalia
(1913) 88
Lett them .. go to there bed, as themselues shall make it.
1640
Outlandish Proverbs
no. 340
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
16
As you make your bed, so you lye down. According to your Conditions you have your Bargain.
1832
Diary of Late Physician
II. vi.
As soon as his relatives .. heard .. they told him .. that as he had made his bed, so he must lie upon it.
1921
House by River
v.
There's no doubt she was out with one of them .. and went further than she meant,..but if you make your bed you must lie on it.
1997
Spectator
29 Nov 14
Your mother says serves you right, you've made your bed and now you lie on it, I never liked him...
action and consequence
comme on faict son lict
,
on le treuve
, as one makes one's bed, so one finds it.
c1590
Marginalia
(1913) 88
Lett them .. go to there bed, as themselues shall make it.
1640
Outlandish Proverbs
no. 340
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
16
As you make your bed, so you lye down. According to your Conditions you have your Bargain.
1832
Diary of Late Physician
II. vi.
As soon as his relatives .. heard .. they told him .. that as he had made his bed, so he must lie upon it.
1921
House by River
v.
There's no doubt she was out with one of them .. and went further than she meant,..but if you make your bed you must lie on it.
1997
Spectator
29 Nov 14
Your mother says serves you right, you've made your bed and now you lie on it, I never liked him...
action and consequence
make
MAN cannot live by bread alone
With allusion to two biblical passages (both AV): DEUTERONOMY viii. 3 Man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live; MATTHEW iv. 4 Man shall not live by bread alone.
1875
in
North American Review
May–June 418
Man does not live by bread alone, but by faith, by admiration, by sympathy.
1927
Witch Wood
iii.
Man canna live by bread alone, but he assuredly canna live without it.
1973
Galt Toy Catalogue
35
As the saying goes—Man cannot live by bread alone.
food and drink
;
life
1875in
North American Review
May–June 418
Man does not live by bread alone, but by faith, by admiration, by sympathy.
1927
Witch Wood
iii.
Man canna live by bread alone, but he assuredly canna live without it.
1973
Galt Toy Catalogue
35
As the saying goes—Man cannot live by bread alone.
food and drink;
life
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