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  What it means

  You made your bed, now lie in it — if you wanted something and got it, you must endure the consequences.

  English equivalent

  You've made your bed, now lie in it.

  Vocabulary

  • cierpieć — to suffer, to endure
  • ciało — body
  • skoro — since, seeing as
  • chcieć — to want

  Grammar note

  'Skoroś chciało' — archaic second-person construction with the auxiliary '-ś' attached to 'skoro'. 'Ciało' is used as a vocative address.

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