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单词 to reap what one sows
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to reap what one sows
P2. to reap what one sows and variants [after Galatians 6:7 (compare especially quot. c1384)] : to face the (usually negative) consequences of one's actions.to sow the wind and reap the whirlwind: see whirlwind n. 2.
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OE Glosses to Epigrammata of Prosper (Trin. Cambr. O.2.31) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Glosses (1945) 26/1 Quod serimus metimus : þæt we sawað þæt we repað.
a1200 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Trin. Cambr.) 22 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 220 Alle men sulle ripen þat hie ar sewen.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Gal. vi. 8 Forsothe what thingis a man schal sowe, and thes thing[es] he schal repe.
c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1245 (MED) Suche as ye haue sowe Must ye nedes reepe.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 185 Quhat so euer a man saues, the same sal he raipe.
1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 226 You must there receive the comfort of all your toil, and have joy for all your sorrow; you must reap what you have sown. View more context for this quotation
1751 D. Mallet Alfred (new ed.) 69 Secure from the foe, We shall reap what we sow.
1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. vii. 116 If men, gentlemen born, will read uncanny books,..why they must reap what they sow.
1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head (2006) 309 He sowed evil, and he must reap evil. He may never know it, but he will reap what he has sown.
1937 W. Kingsland Gnosis 192 We must reap what we have sown in former lives. But we are also sowing for our coming ones.
2007 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 19 Apr. 12 The US is reaping what it sows. It has become a violent society..and should not be surprised when wholesale death visits it.
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