出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第263页（228字）
自己做坏事，自己倒霉，有活该的意思，例他因赌博而倾家荡产，今天沦落街头乞讨为生，正是自作自受。
Through gambling，he reduced his family to poverty and ruin．Today，he roams the streets as a beggar，but he has only himself to blame