What goes around comes around

一名客人到餐廳只是喝杯水，卻給了侍應3,000元小費，侍應自然莫名其妙。原來前幾天，侍應在超市安慰了一名老婦，令她由傷心變成開心。客人正是老婦的女兒，當日可是父親的死忌。侍應可謂善有善報（what goes around comes around）。

What goes around comes around正如中文的「善有善報，惡有惡報」，指行善和作惡到頭來都會有報應，用來規勸人要做好事。What goes around comes around字面沒有點明「善」還是「惡」，用於好或壞的語境均可。

What goes around comes around可以倒轉，寫成what comes around goes around；亦可以加上ever強調語氣：whatever goes around comes around，「任何事都是善有善報，惡有惡報」。

例句：He totally deserves the award. What comes around goes around.（善有善報，那獎項完全是他應得的。）She is now the victim of her own defective design. What goes around comes around.（她的設計有缺陷，現在自己身受其害，真是惡有惡報。）

（本欄逢周一、三、五刊登）