Как аукнется, так и откликнется
With accent marks:
Как ау́кнется, так и откли́кнется.
Translation:
What goes around comes around.
Meaning:
As you treat others, so they will treat you.
This proverb is hard to translate literally. "Аукнется" comes from the sound "ау" that Russian people use to find each other in a forest. "Аукнется" is only used in this proverb, you don't find this word anywhere else. So a close to literal translation can be as follows: as you say "ау", you will receive the same response back.
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One in the field is not a warrior.
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Hurry to much and you will make people laugh.
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One head is good, but two ones are better.
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A bad example is contagious.
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Что имеем – не храним, а потерявши – плачем
We don't appreciate what we have but we cry when we lose it.
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