English Dictionary

bring one's own hide to market

動詞

アメリカ英語 慣用表現 ことわざ 頻度副詞

(US, idiomatic, often in proverbial form) To create one's own fate, as a result of one's chosen character and actions; to experience the appropriate consequences of one's behavior.

日本語の意味

自らの性格や行動が原因で、自らの運命（結果）を作り出し、その結果に直面する、いわゆる自業自得の状態になること。 / 自分の選んだ行動・性格によって、自らの運命を自ら切り開き、その結果として適切な報い（苦労や恩恵）を経験すること。

By constantly undermining his colleagues, he seemed determined to bring one's own hide to market.

彼は同僚を絶えず貶めることで、自分自身の破滅を招こうとしているように見えた。

意味（1）

(US, idiomatic, often in proverbial form) To create one's own fate, as a result of one's chosen character and actions; to experience the appropriate consequences of one's behavior.

[T]hou art a living passenger upon this earth, and must look out for thyself. Help yourself! Nobody forwards thee to thy destination; and we Germans have a proverb that comes near it in meaning: 'Each one must carry his own hide to market.'

brings one's own hide to market （ present singular third-person ）

bringing one's own hide to market （ participle present ）

brought one's own hide to market （ participle past ）

brought one's own hide to market （ past ）