Vocabulary
身から出た錆
みからでたさび
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow; making a rod for one's own back
expression
Example sentences
君(きみ)の身から出た錆(みからでたさび)だ。
You have no one but yourself to blame.
文句(もんく)を言(い)うなよ。身から出た錆(みからでたさび)だぞ。
Don't complain about that. You've asked for it.