As you brew, so shall you bake.

A person’s choices shape what follows, and that person remains answerable for the outcome. The saying links responsibility to the actions that set events in motion.

The paired household tasks stand for an action and its result in any area of life. The outcome may be welcome or unwelcome; the point is that it follows from what the person chose to do.

Use it to remind someone that responsibility for a result follows from their own choices. It fits when the outcome of a decision or undertaking has become clear, whether that outcome is welcome or unwelcome.