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魚心あれば水心あり
うおごころあればみずごころあり
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ kindness begets kindness
▶ you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
▶ [lit] if a fish is kind to the water, the water will be kind to the fish
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1810770 魚心あれば水心 1. kindness begets kindness; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours; if a fish is kind to the water, the water will be kind to the fish



History:
9. A 2023-02-15 22:52:18  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8. A* 2023-02-15 03:15:57  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
I only see the こころ version in koj, and it redirects to a ごころ version.
The rest of my refs (sankoku, daijs, obunsha) have ごころ in this expression.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー─┬─────╮
│ 魚心あれば水心あり       │ 537 │
│ 魚心有れば水心有り       │   0 │ - drop (not in my refs)
│ うおこころあればみずこころあり │   0 │ - change to ごころ
╰─ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー─┴─────╯
  Diff:
@@ -7,3 +6,0 @@
-<k_ele>
-<keb>魚心有れば水心有り</keb>
-</k_ele>
@@ -11 +8 @@
-<reb>うおこころあればみずこころあり</reb>
+<reb>うおごころあればみずごころあり</reb>
7. A 2022-05-10 04:09:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6. A* 2022-05-09 18:36:36  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/kindness+begets+kindness
  Comments:
Not necessarily *doing* a favour.
  Diff:
@@ -17,2 +17 @@
-<gloss>if you do a favor for someone, you will get a return favor</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="lit">if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too</gloss>
+<gloss>kindness begets kindness</gloss>
@@ -19,0 +19 @@
+<gloss g_type="lit">if a fish is kind to the water, the water will be kind to the fish</gloss>
5. A 2021-11-19 10:46:24  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Converting somebody to someone
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -17 +17 @@
-<gloss>if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor</gloss>
+<gloss>if you do a favor for someone, you will get a return favor</gloss>
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