what goes around comes around

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First attested in the 1950s in sense 1, originally in African-American English.

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَمَا تَدِينُ تُدَان (kamā tadīnu tudān) — actions have consequences
• Azerbaijani: nə tökərsən aşına, o da çıxar qaşığına — actions have consequences
• Bulgarian: каквото повикало, такова се обадило (kakvoto povikalo, takova se obadilo) — actions have consequences
• Bulgarian: всичко се връща (vsičko se vrǎšta) — actions have consequences
• Bulgarian: на каквото си постелеш, на такова ще легнеш (na kakvoto si posteleš, na takova šte legneš) — actions have consequences
• Chinese Mandarin: 善有善報,惡有惡報 /善有善报 — actions have consequences
• Chinese Mandarin: 恶有恶报 (shànyǒushànbào, èyǒu'èbào) — actions have consequences
• Chinese Mandarin: 種瓜得瓜 /种瓜得瓜 (zhòngguādéguā) — actions have consequences
• Chinese Mandarin: 種豆得豆 /种豆得豆 (zhòngdòudédòu) — actions have consequences
• Chinese Mandarin: 媳婦熬成婆 /媳妇熬成婆 (xífù áo chéng pó) — actions have consequences
• Chinese Mandarin: 因果循环,报应不爽。 — actions have consequences
• Czech: jak se do lesa volá, tak se z lesa ozývá — actions have consequences
• Danish: hvad et menneske sår skal han høste — actions have consequences
• Danish: som man råber i skoven får man svar — actions have consequences
• Danish: man ligger som man reder — actions have consequences
• Danish: høg over høg — actions have consequences
• Dutch: wie wind zaait, zal storm oogsten — actions have consequences
• Dutch: dat komt ervan — actions have consequences
• Dutch: wie de bal kaatst, moet hem terug verwachten — actions have consequences
• Esperanto: kia ago tia pago — actions have consequences
• Esperanto: kiu semas venton tiu rikoltos ventegon — actions have consequences
• Finnish: minkä taakseen jättää, sen edestään löytää — actions have consequences
• Finnish: niin metsä vastaa kuin sinne huudetaan — actions have consequences
• Finnish: niin makaat kuin petaat — actions have consequences
• French: on récolte ce que l'on sème — actions have consequences
• French: qui sème le vent récolte la tempête — actions have consequences
• French: toute action a des conséquences — actions have consequences
• German: wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus — actions have consequences
• German: man erntet, was man sät — actions have consequences
• German: wie man sich bettet, so liegt man — actions have consequences
• German: die Vergangenheit holt einen immer ein — actions have consequences
• German: das kommt davon — actions have consequences
• German: sowas kommt von sowas — actions have consequences
• German: wie du mir, so ich dir — actions have consequences
• German: alles rächt sich irgendwann — actions have consequences
• Hebrew: שלח לחמך על פני המים כי ברבות הימים תמצאנו — actions have consequences
• Hebrew: מה שנותנים ־ מקבלים — actions have consequences
• Hebrew: כל אחד מקבל בסוף מה שמגיע לו — actions have consequences
• Hebrew: הגלגל מסתובב — actions have consequences
• Hebrew: גלגל חוזר בעולם — actions have consequences
• Hindi: जैसा कर्म करोगे वैसा ही फल मिलेगा (jaisa karm karoge vaisa hī phal milegā) — actions have consequences
• Hungarian: ki mint vet, úgy arat — actions have consequences
• Hungarian: amilyen az adjonisten, olyan a fogadjisten — actions have consequences
• Italian: chi semina vento raccoglie tempesta — actions have consequences
• Italian: chi la fa l'aspetti — actions have consequences
• Italian: si raccoglie ciò che si semina — actions have consequences
• Jamaican Creole: same knife stick sheep, stick goat — actions have consequences
• Japanese: 因果応報 (inga-ōhō) — actions have consequences
• Japanese: 業によりて果を引く (gō ni yorite ka o hiku) — actions have consequences
• Japanese: 自業自得 (jigōjitoku) — actions have consequences
• Korean: 뿌린대로 거둔다 (ppurindaero geodunda) — actions have consequences
• Malay: buat baik dibalas baik, buat jahat dibalas jahat — actions have consequences
• Maltese: kif tagħmel, jagħmlulek — actions have consequences
• Norwegian: man høster som man sår — actions have consequences
• Persian: از هر دست بدهی از همان دست میگیری (az har dast bedahi, az hamân dast migiri) — actions have consequences
• Persian: خلایق هرچه لایق (xalâyeq harče lâyeq) — actions have consequences
• Polish: co z siebie dajesz, to do ciebie wraca — actions have consequences
• Polish: jak Kuba Bogu, tak Bóg Kubie — actions have consequences
• Polish: jak sobie pościelesz, tak się wyśpisz — actions have consequences
• Polish: fortuna kołem się toczy — actions have consequences
• Portuguese: quem semeia ventos colhe tempestades — actions have consequences
• Portuguese: aqui se faz, aqui se paga — actions have consequences
• Portuguese: você colhe o que planta — actions have consequences
• Portuguese: o mundo dá voltas — actions have consequences
• Portuguese: tudo que vai volta — actions have consequences
• Portuguese: chumbo trocado não dói — actions have consequences
• Portuguese: cá se fazem, cá se pagam — actions have consequences
• Romanian: Dumnezeu nu bate cu parul — actions have consequences
• Russian: как ау́кнется, так и откли́кнется (kak aúknetsja, tak i otklíknetsja) — actions have consequences
• Russian: что посе́ешь, то и пожнёшь (što poséješʹ, to i požnjóšʹ) — actions have consequences
• Serbo-Croatian: sve se vraća, sve se plaća; kako siješ tako žanješ — actions have consequences
• Spanish: todo cae por su propio peso — actions have consequences
• Spanish: donde las dan las toman — actions have consequences
• Sranan Tongo: te yu naki kapalasi, yu sa yere boriman tongo — actions have consequences
• Swedish: som man bäddar får man ligga — actions have consequences
• Swedish: som man sår får man skörda — actions have consequences
• Swedish: svinhugg går igen — actions have consequences
• Tagalog: kung anong itinanim, siya ring aanihin — actions have consequences
• Tamil: திணை விதைத்தவன் திணை அறுப்பான் (tiṇai vitaittavaṉ tiṇai aṟuppāṉ) — actions have consequences
• Tamil: வினை விதைத்தவன் வினை அறுப்பான் (viṉai vitaittavaṉ viṉai aṟuppāṉ) — actions have consequences
• Thai: กงเกวียนกําเกวียน (gong-gwiian-gam-gwiian) — actions have consequences
• Thai: กรรมใดใครก่อ กรรมนั้นคืนสนอง (gam-dai-krai-gɔ̀ɔ gam-nán-yɔ̂m-kʉʉn-sà-nɔ̌ɔng) — actions have consequences
• Thai: กรรมตามสนอง (gam-dtaam-sà-nɔ̌ɔng) — actions have consequences
• Thai: ให้ทุกข์แก่ท่าน ทุกข์นั้นถึงตัว (hâi-túk-gɛ̀ɛ-tân túk-nán-tʉ̌ng-dtuua) — actions have consequences
• Turkish: başkasına fenalık eden kendine etmiş olur — actions have consequences
• Uzbek: qaytar dunyo — actions have consequences
• Vietnamese: ác giả ác báo — actions have consequences
• Vietnamese: đời cha ăn mặn, đời con khát nước — actions have consequences
• Vietnamese: gieo nhân nào gặt quả nấy — actions have consequences
• French: l'histoire se répète — things repeat in cycles
• Polish: historia lubi się powtarzać — things repeat in cycles
• Polish: historia zatacza koło — things repeat in cycles