brings one's own hide to market
brings one's own hide to market is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bring one's own hide to market.
Meaning of bring one's own hide to market
Verb
bring one's own hide to market (third-person singular simple present brings one's own hide to market, present participle bringing one's own hide to market, simple past and past participle brought one's own hide to market)
- To create one's own fate, as a result of one's chosen character and actions; to experience the appropriate consequences of one's behavior.
- "[T]hou art a living passenger upon this earth, and must look out for thyself. Help yourself! Nobody forwards thee to thy destination; and we Germans have a proverb that comes near it in meaning: 'Each one must carry his own hide to market.'"1869, Berthold Auerbach, chapter 8, in Charles C. Shackford, transl., The Country-house on the Rhine, page 223
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