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as you make your bed, so you must lie on it
Definition:  whatever actions a person takes, he or she must be ready to accept the consequences thereafter
Usage:  after his parents found that he did not go to the school excursion that they paid for, they told him that ‘as you make your bed, you must lie on it’, now he is grounded for two weeks
SEPEDI
Translation:  ge o alola mpete, o ikemišetše go robala godimo ga ona
Proverb: maganagobotšwa o wetše dikomeng, a re dikoma ke tšešo         
XITSONGA
Translation:  loko u ndlalela mubedwa, u fanele ku etlela eka wona
Proverb: ximitandzengele xi tshembe nkolo
TSHIVENḒA
Translation:  ngauri wo ḓiadzela mmbete, u ḓo tea u dovha wa eḓela khawo
Proverb: mufulela lusie zwa maṱo u ḓo zwi vhona