wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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

See also

• womit habe ich das verdient (“what have I done to deserve this”)