goes around comes around

== English == === Alternative forms === what go round come round, what goes round comes round, what comes around goes around === Etymology === First attested in the 1950s in sense 1, originally in African-American English. === Pronunciation === === Proverb === what goes around comes around A person's actions, whether good or bad, will often have consequences for that person. Things repeat in cycles. ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Further reading === Jennifer Speake, editor (2015), “What GOES around comes around”, in Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, 6th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131.