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Meanings of reaping the whirlwind in English
Russian
посеешь ветер 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).
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Examples for "reap the whirlwind"
Examples for "reap the whirlwind"
1
Also, they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
2
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
3
If they sow to the wind, must they not reap the whirlwind?
4
People win what they earn; those who sow the wind reap the whirlwind.
5
Nor did one have to be a so-called Americo-Liberian to reap the whirlwind.
Usage of reaping the whirlwind in English
1
Therefore, England is reaping the whirlwind where Mr. Gladstone sowed the wind.
2
They sowed to the wind and we are reaping the whirlwind.
3
Our fathers sowed the wind, and we are reaping the whirlwind!
4
They sowed the wind, and men to-day are reaping the whirlwind of that sowing.
5
They can't sow the wind without reaping the whirlwind.
6
The PDs have overseen the breakdown of any sense of community and we are reaping the whirlwind.
7
They have sown to the wind and now they are reaping the whirlwind, a result which is inevitable.
8
Now they are reaping the whirlwind.
9
They sowed the wind, now they're reaping the whirlwind: Peanut growers, politicians from peanut-growing states, and not a few passengers are royally peeved.
10
" Reaping the whirlwind, Dick?" Frank said, dropping his hand on his brother's arm.
11
'Bastards are reaping the whirlwind,' Gorton said.
12
" Reaping the whirlwind, Dick?"