城门失火,殃及池鱼
城門失火,殃及池魚
chéngménshīhuǒ,yāngjíchíyú
- a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
- fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
- ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee