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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An old friend is better than two new ones.
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Заставь дурака богу молиться – он и лоб расшибёт
Make a fool pray to God - he will break his forehead.
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What you will sow, that you will reap.
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Fear has big eyes.
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A bird is visible by its flight.
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Poor people are inventive.
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Бесплатный сыр только в мышеловке
Free cheese is only in a mousetrap.
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There are no friends for taste and color.
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