make one's bed
verb1
Abbreviation, Ellipsis, Figuratively Ellipsis of make one's bed and lie in it.
- But if you’ve made your bed with the idea that conservatism is going to remain MAGA — well, then he’s made it complicated.2025 November 15, Robert Draper, quoting Jonah Goldberg, “Once He Was ‘Just Asking Questions.’ Now Tucker Carlson Is the Question.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
2
Literally To make the bed in which one has slept.