one good turn deserves another

English

Proverb

one good turn deserves another

One act of kindness should be paid back by another act of kindness.

Derived terms

good turn

Translations

one act of kindness should be paid back by another act of kindness

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: hyvät teot palkitaan
Hungarian: jótett helyébe jót várj

Polish: przysługa za przysługę
Romanian: după faptă și răsplată
Russian: услу́га за услу́гу (uslúga za uslúgu), долг платежо́м кра́сен (dolg platežóm krásen) (words pay no debts, a debt is good when it's paid)

References

Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, →ISBN, p. 262.

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