wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus

German edit

Etymology edit

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

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Proverb edit

wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus

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

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