Fragment or abbreviation of a proverbial phrase ("They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind") from the Book of Hosea, in the Hebrew Bible (Hosea 8-7).
Therefore, England is reapingthewhirlwind where Mr. Gladstone sowed the wind.
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They sowed to the wind and we are reapingthewhirlwind.
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Our fathers sowed the wind, and we are reapingthewhirlwind!
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They sowed the wind, and men to-day are reapingthewhirlwind of that sowing.
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They can't sow the wind without reapingthewhirlwind.
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The PDs have overseen the breakdown of any sense of community and we are reapingthewhirlwind.
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They have sown to the wind and now they are reapingthewhirlwind, a result which is inevitable.
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Now they are reapingthewhirlwind.
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They sowed the wind, now they're reapingthewhirlwind: Peanut growers, politicians from peanut-growing states, and not a few passengers are royally peeved.
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" Reapingthewhirlwind, Dick?" Frank said, dropping his hand on his brother's arm.