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You've made your bed

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You've made your bed (and you'll have to lie in it).

  also You made your bed (now lie in it).

something that you say in order to tell someone that they must accept that they will suffer as a result of something bad that they have done Don't come crying to me if it all goes wrong. You've made your bed and you'll have to lie in it.

See also: bed, made