城门失火,殃及池鱼

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

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