Question

One Good Turn Deserves Another one good deed should be paid back with another

Accepted Answer

I helped Jill fix her flat tire, and she gave me a ride. One good turn deserves another. This is an adage, a general truth that people have come to accept over many years. It dates as far back as the early 1400s and means that if you receive help from someone, it's only fair and proper that you help that person in return. The meaning of "turn" here is a deed or action. The same idea, but in a negative sense, appears in the idiom "eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" (see page 58).

Idiom	One Good Turn Deserves Another
Example	I helped Jill fix her flat tire, and she gave me a ride. One good turn deserves another.
Meaning	one good deed should be paid back with another
Origin	This is an adage, a general truth that people have come to accept over many years. It dates as far back as the early 1400s and means that if you receive help from someone, it's only fair and proper that you help that person in return. The meaning of "turn" here is a deed or action. The same idea, but in a negative sense, appears in the idiom "eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" (see page 58).

Good Turn Deserves Deed Back I Helped Jill