As the call, so the echo. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Do as you would be done by.
- An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
- Fight fire with fire.
- Bad news travels fast.
- He who digs a pit for others falls in himself.
- When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of war.
- Better a lean peace than a fat victory.
- He's met his match.
- Better an open enemy than a false friend.
- Two of a trade never agree.
- Hard words break no bones.
- God stays long, but strikes at last.
- Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
- Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one.
- Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
- A constant guest is never welcome.
- Words hurt more than swords.
- The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.
- He who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind.
- Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heir.
- Better an egg in peace than an ox in war.
- He that all men will please shall never find ease.
- Tongue breaks bone, and herself has none.
- An unbidden guest knows not where to sit.
- He who will stop every man's mouth must have a great deal of meal.
- Quarrelling dogs come halting home.
- Call me cousin but cozen me not.
- Breed up a crow and he will tear out your eyes.
- The mad dog bites his master.
- The Wise head gives in.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
- Such welcome, such farewell.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Ut salutas, ita salutaberis.
To visit so salutaberis.
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Ab altero exspectes, alteri quod feceris.
You expect from one another what you have done.
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Par pari refertur.
A pair is referred to as a pair.
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Contumeliam si dices, audies.
If you say an insult, you will hear it.
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Si bene vis dici, caveas male dicere! Qualis clamor adit silvas, talis et inde redit.
If you want to be said well, be careful to say badly! As a cry goes to the woods, so it returns.
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Silva capit quale, dat responsum tibi tale.
The forest takes what it is, and gives you such an answer.
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Ut salutas, ita resalutaberis.
As you greet, so you will be greeted.
French
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Répondre du tac au tac.
Tackle the problem.
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De la mesure dont nous mesurons les autres, nous serons mésurés.
By the measure we measure others, we will be measured.
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Qui me cherche me trouve.
He who seeks me finds me.
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A bon salut, bon accueil.
A warm welcome to all.
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A donner donner, à vendre vendre.
Give and take, sell and sell.
German
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Wie du mir, so ich dir.
Tit for tat.
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Wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus.
What goes around comes around.
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Wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es wieder heraus.
As one calls into the forest, so it resounds out again.
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Druck erzeugt Gegendruck.
Pressure creates counterpressure.
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Wie der Hall, so der Schall.
Like reverb, like sound.
Czech
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Jak se do lesa volá, tak se z lesa ozývá.
As one calls to the forest, so he calls from the forest.
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Jak ty mně, tak já tobě.
You to me, I to you.
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Dnes ty mně, zítra já tobě.
Today you to me, tomorrow I to you.
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Jak se do lesa volá, tak ti dá hajnej pár facek.
You get a call in the woods, the ranger's gonna slap you around.
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Jak kdo měří, tak se mu odměřuje.
As one measures, so shall he be measured.
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Jak kněz zpívá, tak mu lid odpovídá.
As the priest sings, the people respond.
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Jak mne pozdravíš, tak ti opětuji.
When you greet me, I greet you back.
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Sluší hodné za podobné.
Worthy of the like.