make one's (own) bed

make one's (own) bed
make one's (own) bed
1. Lit. to restore order to the bedclothes on one's own bed. •

Jimmy, you are old enough to make your own bed.

2. Fig. to be the cause of one's own misery. •

Well, I guess I made my own bed. Now I have to lie in it.

“We all make our own beds,” said the minister.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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