Can't find English analog of this idiom!
Literally translated it sounds like "dont split in the well-you'll have to drink its water later" :)
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Ne plyuy v kolodets — prigoditsya [vody] napit'sya "Do not spit into a well—it may be useful to drink water"
English equivalent: Actions can boomerang; Never cast dirt into that fountain of which you have sometime drunk; Don't bite the hand that feeds you; Don't shit where you eat.
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"You reap what you sow" comes to mind as a decent analog.
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I think that might translate into different statements depending on context... for instance, 1. "Don't bite the hand that feeds you", 2. "You have to lie in the bed you make/made.", 3. "You reap what you sow.", 4. "Don't piss into the wind.", etc.
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"don't bite the hand that feeds you"
In italiano un detto simile è
"Non sputare nel piatto dove mangi"
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