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One good turn deserves another
- A kindness is properly met with another kindness.
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Idioms and Phrases
A favor should be returned in kind, as in I'll give you a ride next time—one good turn deserves another . This maxim was first recorded about 1400, and the converse, One bad turn deserves another , about 1500.Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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