'Sir,'said the nephew,'we have done wrong, and are reaping the fruits of wrong.'
“ 先生, ” 侄子说, “ 我们犯了错误, 正在自食其果. ”
英汉文学 - 双城记
It was eminently superfluous to him to be told that he was reaping the consequences.
说他自食其果,更是火上加油.
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If you behave so foolishly, you must be ready to take the consequences.
如果你这样愚昧下去, 你必须准备自食其果.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
But Obama still runs a risk: that his overworked rhetoric loses its power and boomerangs on him.
但是奥巴马任然冒了风险,那是他强有力的言辞在他身上失去了它的力量和(自食其果)。
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Mary had shown herself disobliging to him, and was now to reap the consequence.
玛丽一直中他过不去, 现在落了个自食其果.
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