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reap what you sow
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to experience results that match how you behaved before
Usually about bad results ('gieo gió gặt bão'), sometimes good ones. Often as a saying: 'You reap what you sow.' Past of 'sow' is 'sowed'.
In context
He cheated his business partners for years, and now he is reaping what he sowed.
Study a little every day and you'll reap what you sow at exam time.
More idioms about nature
- a big fish in a small pondan important person, but only in a small group or place
- a bird's-eye viewa view of something from high above
- a breath of fresh airsomeone or something new and different that makes a situation more pleasant
- a dark horsea person with hidden talents, or a competitor nobody expected to do well
- a drop in the oceana very small amount compared with what is needed