Bring One's Own Hide To Market Definition
verb
To create one's own fate , as a result of one's chosen character and actions; to experience the appropriate consequences of one's behavior.
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Origin of Bring One's Own Hide To Market
Probably from a German proverb, notably adapted by Karl Marx to describe the exploited worker who must sell himself, or his "own hide", in the labor market:: 1867, Karl Marx, trans. Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, Capital, vol. 1 ch. 6::: The possessor of labour-power follows …, timid and holding back, like one who is bringing his own hide to market and has nothing to expect but — a hiding.::
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