what does ''reap what you sew'' mean?

Question

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Answer 1

Whatever you do will come back upon you.



If you sew good actions, you will reap (or see the results) of those good actions

Answer 2

Sew Meaning

Answer 3

The word is "sow", not "sew".



"Reap" means "harvest".



When one reaps what one sows, it means that one cannot under any circumstances expect a harvest of peas when they plant turnips.



"Ya Gotta Reap What Ya Sow" is an old song written and performed by one of the great fathers of the blues, Tampa Red.

Answer 4

Sow, not sew, means to plant. If you sow cucumbers, you don't get to reap tomatoes. It is a comment on life. If you do good deeds, good things will come back to you. If you chose to hurt people, people will hurt you.

Check out the Bible Galatians 6:7 Pauls letter to the Galatians.

Answer 5

Basically it is an expression which means accept what you cause. Sort of like "you made your bed, now lay in it". It usually has a negative connotation to it. For example, an action you take has undesirable consequences, ones different than what you expected when you took the action perhaps, and now you must live with them.



Another example, say you are a negative person, and wherever you go you spread negativity (whether intentionally or unintentionally). Well, it can then be expected that nothing but negativity will meet you back.

Answer 6

It is "Reap what you sow" meaning you only get returns for what you invested. Normally it was often used in schools to make students work hard at lessons so that they would get high scores. Today it is used every where to mean, that output depend a lot on what the inputs were.

Answer 7

The expression started as "As ye sow so shall ye reap", which later became "You reap what you sow".



This refers to getting back whatever you start, so however you act comes back to you.



The expression originates with the concept of getting what you sow.



You sow seeds to grow food, you then harvest it (reap). So whatever you planted is what you get when harvest time arrives. So if you are horrible to people you are sowing ill will which you will later have to reap the consequences of.



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Answer 8

The other answers are correct, I just wanted to add the literal meaning, to harvest (reap) the crop of the seeds that you plant (sow).

Answer 9

sew = sow



The saying's roots are agricultural. When you sow (plant), you get (reap) in return a final product.



So, if you nuture, invest in, or do good things, in return, you should get good things.



Usually, it is used in a negative context for negative behavior. For example, a person that treats others poorly is likely to get treated poorly themselves.

Answer 10

It originally referred to a principal seen thought-out nature. If you plant wheat, you will harvest wheat, Reap=harvest and sow=plant. The truth of the saying applies to all our human endeavors, regardless of the nature of those endeavors, plant gruielty and you will reap gruielty, plant generously and you will reap generosity, etc..., etc...

Answer 11

Sew and sow are not interchangeable in this expression or anywhere. Apparently you are not smart enough to know this.

Answer 12

It means you get the results of what you've done, for example, if you study really hard and get good grades, you will deserve what you get. The same is said for a person who doesn't study and then fails. It could also be used for how you bring up your children, how they turn out as adults.

Answer 13

Deal with the problems you distribute out.

Answer 14

its reap what you sow

-> what you give is what you get

Answer 15

It means that everything you do balances out. You do something bad to someone, then someone will do something bad to you. But if you are kind, other people will be kind to you.