if someone is mad at you and they make that remark.
2007-05-26 10:12:43 · 13 answers · asked by 4girlsmommy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It means what you put out is what you'll get back. Like if you planted watermelon seeds, you'd get watermelon. If you act nasty or mean, you'll get nasty or mean in return.
2007-05-26 10:17:50 · answer #1 · answered by Miss_D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"You reap what you sow" basically means that whatever you do in life you will have to deal with it at some point and time. Like if you continuously get into trouble or make trouble then you are gonna get caught and have to pay the consequences.
2007-05-26 19:06:44 · answer #2 · answered by thelmayankeegirl 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you sow something you plant it and when it is ripe you reap it. Like planting tomatoes, you only reap what you sow. I never hear it spoken as you put it. I guess the mad person means that is your are mad and say or do something you will reap the consequences.
2007-05-26 17:18:06 · answer #3 · answered by ruth4526 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It refers to effort. The original expression is "As ye so, so shall ye reap". If you spared seeds out without much care some may sprout some will not. But if you take care and use quality seed and plant it carefully and care for the crop you will receive much better results.
For instance if a parent takes good care of his children and spends time and puts effort into them he is much more likely to have his children grow up to be good people. If he abandons or neglects them or spends no time with them his results will probably be inferior.
The same applies to may circumstance in life. If you are careful and dedicated to in your efforts you will most likely have positive results. If you do things half-heartedly your results won't be as good.
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2007-05-26 20:12:48 · answer #4 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What this means is that what you are doing will come back to you. It doesn't just mean bad things. If you sow good things--love, patience, kindness, etc. it comes back to you.
Sow for a good harvest.
2007-05-26 18:56:13 · answer #5 · answered by cjm 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IT MEANS YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE, TO SOW AS IN SOWING SEEDS AND REAPING AS IN HARVESTING. SO WHAT YOU PUT OUT TO THE UNIVERSE WILL BE RETURNED TO YOU>
2007-05-26 18:38:14 · answer #6 · answered by Darla 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What ever you do like,
reap: harvest, obtain,win.
to reap something.
sow: plant seed for growth.
to set something in motion.
to spread abroad,disperse.
2007-05-28 15:15:07 · answer #7 · answered by TAMPABAYLADY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could mean many things
it could mean that you only make worse what you've already created or started
it could mean that your life is what you make of it based on what you've already become
also it could mean that because of how you make a situation out to be your attitude shows what you htink of the situation to be
basically you start something and it continues to grow
2007-05-26 17:22:55 · answer #8 · answered by SaRawr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Similes biblical: cria cuervos y te sacaran los ojos, y siembra vientos y cosecharas tempestades. Corollary: Do not do onto others what you would not want to be done to you.
2007-05-26 20:58:42 · answer #9 · answered by trucutu 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Apparently they are expressing to you that what you put out will come back to you. If you put out bad, bad will come to you. Put out good and only good will come back to you.
2007-05-26 17:22:23 · answer #10 · answered by kathie d 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋