joka toiselle kuoppaa kaivaa, hän itse siihen lankeaa

Finnish

Etymology

Verbatim translation: "Who digs a trapping pit for another (person), he will fall into it himself".

Proverb

joka toiselle kuoppaa kaivaa, hän itse siihen lankeaa

  1. If one tries to fool another, one often gets fooled himself; the idea is basically the same as in the English proverb "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"; but expressed through negative.
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