«اِللِّي وَاكِلْ لَحْمَهْ نَيَّهْ توجَعُهْ بَطْنُهْ»

The saying links what someone does with an outcome that becomes apparent in that same person. Its image of raw meat and stomach pain expresses the idea that deeds can show their effects on the doer.

It can describe a situation in which a person's own act is followed by a result visible in that person's circumstances. The emphasis is on the connection between the act and its effect, conveyed through a bodily image.

Use it to remark that the effects of an action have appeared in the person who performed it. The figurative image connects an act with a consequence affecting its doer.