alternative form of donnant donnant
eş: on ne donne rien pour rien
what goes around comes around
sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
köken: Literally, “(he) who sows wind gathers tempest”. Compare French qui sème le vent récolte la tempête.
Rusça 🔊 как ау́кнется, так и откли́кнется , о́ко за о́ко , что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь
Arapça 🔊 كَمَا تَدِينُ تُدَان
Farsça 🔊 از هر دست بدهی از همان دست میگیری , این به اون در , خلایق هرچه لایق
eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; eye for an eye (penal principle of retributing damage caused in the same kind)
köken: From Exodus 21,24 and Leviticus 24,20. The Noordnederlandse Historiebijbel has oech voir oech, tant voir tant (Ex.).
every action brings its consequences; what goes around, comes around
eş: o mundo dá voltas, quem semeia ventos colhe tempestades, tudo que vai volta, vai ter volta, você colhe o que planta
köken: Literally, “Here is done, here is paid”.
retribution, karma: good fortune for those who have done good deeds, and misfortune for those who have done bad deeds
eş: 善因善果, 悪因悪果
köken: Compound of 因果 (inga, “cause and effect; karmic results, fate; misfortune”) + 応報 (ōhō, “retribution”). Compare Chinese 因果報應 /因果报应 (yīnguǒ bàoyìng).
🔊 もう因果応報だよ
eye for an eye
köken: Literally, “Eye for eye”. Reference to Exodus 21:24.
give and take
köken: Literally, “something for something”.
Hintçe 🔊 जैसा कर्म करोगे वैसा ही फल मिलेगा , जैसे को तैसा /d͡ʒɛː.seː koː t̪ɛː.sɑː/ tit for tat
you make the bed you lie in, you've made your bed, now lie in it (one must accept the consequences of one's actions)
what goes around comes around, sow the wind, reap the whirlwind, the chickens come home to roost
köken: Literally, “God doesn't beat with the club”. Possibly a calque of Hungarian Isten nem ver bottal, with the same meaning.
as you sow, so shall you reap
köken: Literally, “as one sows, so one reaps”
İbranice 🔊 גלגל חוזר בעולם , הגלגל מסתובב , כל אחד מקבל בסוף מה שמגיע לו , מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה , מה שנותנים ־ מקבלים
used to describe situations where a person's aggressive, daring, or immoral behaviour provokes an opponent to engage in similar behaviour, what goes around comes around.
Norveççe 🔊 like for like , man høster som man sår
what goes around comes around; you reap what you sow; as you sow, so shall you reap.
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 惡 (“evil”), 者 (“people”), 惡 (“evil”) and 報 (“revenge”). Literally, “evil people will be returned with evil”.
Bulgarca 🔊 всичко се връща , каквото повикало, такова се обадило
Tayca 🔊 กงเกวียนกำเกวียน , กรรมใดใครก่อ กรรมนั้นคืนสนอง , กรรมตามสนอง , ให้ทุกข์แก่ท่าน ทุกข์นั้นถึงตัว /kam˧.taːm˧.sa˨˩.nɔːŋ˩˩˦/ suffering incurred as a result of a previous evil deed; unpleasant impact which one incurs as a result of one's previous bad deed; evil retribution.
köken: From กรรม (gam, “karma”) + ตาม (dtaam, “to come after; to go after; to follow; to pursue”) + สนอง (sà-nɔ̌ɔng, “to respond; to return”).
tit for tat, measure for measure