- reap the whirlwind
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to have serious problems because you did something stupid in the past.
Having fired some of his best reporters, he's now reaping the whirlwind with rapidly declining newspaper sales.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
reap the whirlwind
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Reap The Whirlwind — can refer to: * Reap the Whirlwind (album), the 1999 album by 10,000 Cadillacs * Reap the Whirlwind (novel), the third book in the Star Trek: Vanguard series of Novels … Wikipedia
reap the whirlwind — ► (sow the wind and) reap the whirlwind suffer serious consequences as a result of one s actions. [ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to the Book of Hosea, chapter 8.] Main Entry: ↑whirlwind … English terms dictionary
reap the whirlwind — (sow the wind and) reap the whirlwind suffer serious consequences as a result of one s actions Origin: with biblical allusion to Hos. 8:7 … Useful english dictionary
Reap the Whirlwind (Star Trek novel) — Infobox Book name = Reap the Whirlwind author = David Mack cover artist = country = United States language = English genre = Science Fiction novel publisher = Pocket Books release date = June 2007 media type = Print (Paperback) pages = 320 pp… … Wikipedia
Reap the Whirlwind (album) — Infobox Album Name = Reap the Whirlwind Type = studio Artist = 10,000 Cadillacs Released = 1999 Recorded = Genre = Hip hop Length = Label = Producer = Reviews = Last album = This album = Next album = Reap the Whirlwind is the 1999 debut album by… … Wikipedia
they that sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind — The proverb is also used as a metaphorical phrase to sow the wind (and reap the whirlwind). With allusion to HOSEA viii. 7 (AV) They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. 1583 J. PRIME Fruitful & Brief Discourse II. 203 They who… … Proverbs new dictionary
reap the whirlwind — v. have very troublesome problems or suffer serious consequences due to one s actions done in the past … English contemporary dictionary
reap the whirlwind — idi bib to suffer the penalties for one s misdeeds. Hos. 8:7 … From formal English to slang
sow the wind and reap the whirlwind — ► (sow the wind and) reap the whirlwind suffer serious consequences as a result of one s actions. [ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to the Book of Hosea, chapter 8.] Main Entry: ↑whirlwind … English terms dictionary
(sow the wind and) reap the whirlwind — suffer serious consequences as a result of one s actions. [with biblical allusion to Hos. 8:7.] → whirlwind … English new terms dictionary
