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same knife stick sheep stick goat

proverb

/sʲeːm naɪf stɪk ʃiːp stɪk ɡʷoːt/

English Definition

what goes around, comes around

Etymology

  • (Literally, "the same knife which sticks the sheep, also sticks the goat.")

Examples

  • "[Andrea Campbell (2012), Jamaican Sayings - Character (in English), →ISBN, page 41: ““121. Same knife stick sheep stick goat"

    Whatever someone does to another he can also do to you; beware of such people! […]”]”

  • "Mi see se yuh loud up Peter bad bout di one likkle mistake weh 'im mek, but memba mi seh same knife stick sheep, stick goat."

    I noticed that you really came down hard on Peter for that tiny mistake he made. Mark my words: what goes around, comes around.

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