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  What it means

  Literally “how you make your bed, so you shall sleep.” You must live with the consequences of your own choices — “you reap what you sow.”

  Vocabulary

  • pościelić — to make the bed
  • wyspać się — to sleep well / to get enough sleep
  • jak… tak… — as… so… / how… that's how…

  Grammar note

  Uses reflexive verbs ('sobie pościelesz', 'się wyśpisz') and the 'jak… tak…' comparative structure common in Polish proverbs.

  Intermediate

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