自食其果 meaning in English
reap what one has sown; be made to pay for one's rabid evildoings; as you brew, so must you drink.; as you make your bed, so you must lie in it.; eat one's own bitter fruit; eat the bitter fruit of one's own making; (those who play with fire will) have to abide by the consequence.; reap the harvest of one's misdeeds; reap the result of one's own sowing; redound [rebound] upon oneself; self do, self have.; suffer as a result of one's actions; suffer the consequences of one's action [one's own doing]
Examples
- Let's give him enough rope to hang this time .
这次让他自食其果算了。 - He must take the consequences of his own deeds .
他得自食其果。 - He was batty. he asked for it .
他疯了，自食其果。 - I thought that our complacency had caught up with us .
我感到我们的自满情绪已使我们自食其果了。 - The ill-doings of the fascist chieftain redounded upon himself .
法西斯头子干的种种坏事使他自食其果。