reap the whirlwind

reap the whirlwind
"пожать бурю", поплатиться за свои действия [часть выражения sow the wind and reap the whirlwind; см. sow the wind and reap the whirlwind]

The President is expected to ask for a declaration of war... as we used to say... the President has reaped the whirlwind. (G. Vidal, ‘Washington, D. C.’, part IV, ch. I) — Ожидают, что президент будет требовать объявления войны Японии... мы всегда говорили... он пожнет бурю.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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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

  • reap the whirlwind — American 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

  • 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


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