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Translation - Swedish-English - Som man bäddar får man ligga

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Šis tulkojums pieprasa tikai nozīmi.
Title
Som man bäddar får man ligga
Text
Submitted by Cinderella
Source language: Swedish

Som man bäddar får man ligga

Title
As you make your bed, so must you lie in it.
Translation
English

Translated by Maribel
Target language: English

As you make your bed, so must you lie in it.
Remarks about the translation
Meaning: One has to put up with the consequences of one's actions.
Validated by kafetzou - 4 May 2007 03:39





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3 May 2007 11:59

Maribel
Number of messages: 871
I hope this is rejected if someone remembers the correct phrase. Translated directly this is: the way you make your bed that's the way you sleep. We have another similar one saying: you mow what you sow...

3 May 2007 12:07

casper tavernello
Number of messages: 5057
This is "meaning only". Is this what it means: one has to put...
If it is, that's right.

3 May 2007 12:08

Maski
Number of messages: 326
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it. Is that the one Maribel?

3 May 2007 12:13

casper tavernello
Number of messages: 5057
There would be three tranlations, I think: the litteral, the meaning and the transliteration or equivalent, like this of Maski.

3 May 2007 12:18

Maribel
Number of messages: 871
Yes Maski, that's it. You were all very quick, I just went to the net to try to find it and I did. Too fast from me to do this in the first place, should search first, sorry all.

(I also found the other one I referred to:
As you sow, so shall you reap.)