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butter one's bread and lie in it

butter one's bread and lie in it is the alternative form of make one's bed and lie in it.

Meaning of make one's bed and lie in it

Verb

make one's bed and lie in it (third-person singular simple present makes one's bed and lies in it, present participle making one's bed and lying in it, simple past made one's bed and lay in it, past participle made one's bed and lain in it)

  1. (idiomatic) To create a difficult situation whose unpleasant consequences one must now endure.
    • It was true that he had made his own bed, and he understood the justice which required him to lie upon it.1861, Anthony Trollope, chapter 27, in Framley Parsonage

Forms of butter one's bread and lie in it

third-person singular presentbutters one's bread and lies in it
present participlebuttering one's bread and lying in it
pastbuttered one's bread and lay in it
past participlebuttered one's bread and lain in it

Questions about butter one's bread and lie in it

What is butter one's bread and lie in it the alternative form of?
Butter one's bread and lie in it is the alternative form of make one's bed and lie in it.

Words near butter one's bread and lie in it in the dictionary

  1. butter of antimony
  2. butter of arsenic
  3. butter of tin
  4. butter of zinc
  5. butter oil
  6. butter one's bread and lie in it
  7. butter one's bread on both sides
  8. butter out
  9. butter paddle
  10. butter paddles
  11. butter paper

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