you make the bed you lie in in English

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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions",
          "word": "niin makaat kuin petaat"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions",
          "word": "ki mint veti ágyát, úgy alussza álmát"
        },
        {
          "alt": "自業自得",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ja'eopjadeuk",
          "sense": "a person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions",
          "word": "자업자득"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kak postélešʹ, tak i pospíšʹ",
          "sense": "a person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions",
          "word": "как посте́лешь, так и поспи́шь"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "сам завари́л, сам и ку́шай (sam zavaríl, sam i kúšaj, literally “you cooked it yourself, so eat it yourself”)",
          "sense": "a person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "a person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions",
          "word": "som man bäddar får man ligga"
        }
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    }
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  "word": "you make the bed you lie in"
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      "sense": "a person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions",
      "word": "niin makaat kuin petaat"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions",
      "word": "ki mint veti ágyát, úgy alussza álmát"
    },
    {
      "alt": "自業自得",
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      "roman": "ja'eopjadeuk",
      "sense": "a person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions",
      "word": "자업자득"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "a person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions",
      "word": "как посте́лешь, так и поспи́шь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "сам завари́л, сам и ку́шай (sam zavaríl, sam i kúšaj, literally “you cooked it yourself, so eat it yourself”)",
      "sense": "a person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions",
      "word": "som man bäddar får man ligga"
    }
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  "word": "you make the bed you lie in"
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"you make the bed you lie in" meaning in English

Proverb