bring one's own hide to market

Meaning: (US,idiomatic,often inproverbialform)To create one's ownfate, as a result of one's chosencharacterand actions; to experience the appropriateconsequencesof one's behavior.1869,Berthold Auerbach, chapter 8, in Charles C. Shackford, transl.,The Country-house on the Rhine, page223:"[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 mustcarry his own hide to market.'"1989,John Updike, “A Letter to My Grandsons”, inSelf-Consciousness: Memoirs, Random House,→ISBN:In this grandfatherly letter about my paternal grandfather, whom I never knew, let me end by offering you, as part of your heritage, this saying ascribed to my other grandfather, John Hoyer, whom I knew well, who watched me grow from infancy and who lived in good health until he was over ninety.Youcarry your own hide to market.2010March 30, “Murder charge filed in Roodhouse woman's death”, inThe Telegraph, Alton, Illinois, retrieved2 May 2019:Arnold said whoever was responsible for her sister's death eventually will face punishment. "I don't know why they did it to her," Arnold said. "But like I said, it's over with. But they've got totake their hide to market."2019January 22, “CNN Transcript, "State of the Union" broadcast”, inCNN.com, retrieved29 April 2019:Avlon: Rudy Giuliani . . . made it really clear in sort of a fit of fatalism that he doesn't feel responsible for his legacy. And that's ultimately his choice. Youtake your own hide to market.

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