What does it mean?
You will face the consequences of the situation you created.
Closest English saying: You’ve made your bed, now lie in it.
What does it literally say?
Όπως έστρωσες θα κοιμηθείς
Ópos éstroses tha kimithís
“As you made your bed, so you will sleep.”
Making the bed becomes an image for preparing your own life.
How is it used?
«Άφησες όλες τις εκκρεμότητες για σήμερα. Όπως έστρωσες θα κοιμηθείς.»
“You left everything until today. As you made your bed, so you will sleep.”
Where does it come from?
Greek folk and proverbial usage. The figurative reading does not prove a specific original etymology.
This is an English edition of the Greek entry, which remains the reference version. The English text was written from the Greek entry with the help of AI tools and checked against it. Suggest a correction ↗