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1 как аукнется, так и откликнется
1) General subject: what's good for the goose is good for the gander, chickens coming home to roost, payback is a bitch, you reap what you sow, turnaround is fair play( turnabout is fair play) (http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Turnabout+is+fair+play)2) Set phrase: as the call, so the echo, as the call, so the echo (дословно: Как покличешь, так и откликнется), as the call, so the echo as you sow, so shall you reap, curses come home to roost, curses like chickens come home to roost, one good turn deserves another, do as you would be done by, serves you rightУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > как аукнется, так и откликнется
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