butter one's bread and lie in it

English

Verb

butter one's bread and lie in it (third-person singular simple present butters one's bed and lies in it, present participle buttering one's bed and lying in it, simple past buttered one's bed and lay in it, past participle buttered one's bed and lain in it)

  1. (humorous) Alternative form of make one's bed and lie in it.
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