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Donde las dan las toman

What goes around comes around / You reap what you sow

Idioms & Sayings
Notes & Usage:

Literally 'where they give them they receive them'. Used when someone who treated others badly faces similar treatment in return.

See It in Context

Le hizo lo mismo que él había hecho. Donde las dan las toman.

She did the same to him as he had done. What goes around comes around.

—No le fue bien. —Donde las dan las toman.

—Things didn't go well for him. —What goes around comes around.

Donde las dan las toman. Trataba mal a todos y ahora nadie le ayuda.

What goes around comes around. He treated everyone badly and now nobody helps him.