wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus

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German

Etymology

Literally, how/as you shout into the woods, so it echoes back out.

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Proverb

wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus

  1. what goes around comes around; one is treated the same way as one treats other people; your own treatment of people will fall back on you
    Synonym: wer andern eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein

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