身から出た錆

みからでたさびmikaradetasabi

expression

  1. paying for one's mistakes
  2. getting one's just deserts
  3. suffering the consequences (of one's own actions)
  4. reaping what you sow
  5. making a rod for one's own back

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences