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.
Other Russian proverbs
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Some to the forest, some for firewood.
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Who is talking about what, and a lousy one about the bath.
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Волков бояться – в лес не ходить
Don't go to the woods if afraid of wolves.
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An old friend is better than two new ones.
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Repetition is the mother of learning.
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A fisherman sees a fisherman from afar.
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Дарёному коню в зубы не смотрят
Do not look at a given horse's teeth.
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There are no friends for taste and color.
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