What does 'If you lie down with the Devil, you will wake up in hell' mean?
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This means that if you become involved with bad company, there will be negative consequences.
- Category: Religion
- Contributed By: Mary Kvarnström
Idioms similar to 'If you lie down with the Devil, you will wake up in hell'
- Better the devil you know
- Speak of the devil!
- Devil's advocate
- Devil may care
- Let the devil take the hindmost
- Devil is in the detail
- Between the devil and the deep blue sea
- Idle hands are the devil's handiwork
- Catch hell
- Cold day in hell
- When hell freezes over
- Hope in hell
- Hell in a handcart
- Hell for leather
- Devil finds work for idle hands
- Not a snowball's chance in hell
- Ninth circle of hell
- All hell broke loose
- Come hell or high water
- Road to hell is paved with good intentions
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