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phrase "What goes around comes around" #1 (permalink) Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:10 am   phrase "What goes around comes around"
 

Does this sentence make any sense to our esteemed teachers.
"What goes around comes around".
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phrase "What goes around comes around" #2 (permalink) Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:02 am   phrase "What goes around comes around"
 

Hi Zahir,

I think the phrase makes sense to many people -- not only English teachers. It's an idiom that means "If you do something bad to another person, you will get hurt too.

Let me know what you think.
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phrase "What goes around comes around" #3 (permalink) Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:39 am   phrase "What goes around comes around"
 

It's the equivalent of the proverb that the Europeans have that says if you dig a pit for someone, you'll fall into it yourself. The equivalent proverb that native English speakers use comes from the Bible: "As you sow, so shall you reap."

Sometimes in very slangy English we say that our actions come back around to bite us on the butt.
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phrase "What goes around comes around" #4 (permalink) Tue Dec 04, 2007 14:44 pm   phrase "What goes around comes around"
 

Jamie (K) wrote:
if you dig a pit for someone, you'll fall into it yourself.

Не копай другому яму - сам в неё попадешь !
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phrase "What goes around comes around" #5 (permalink) Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:55 am   phrase "What goes around comes around"
 

Thanks to all of you... I think I guessed that was the meaning, I just needed your confirmation. Also, thanks for alternative proverbs...
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