
天を仰ぎて唾す。[天に唾する。/天に向かって唾を吐く。] - 『四十二章経』(迦葉摩騰・竺法蘭の共訳)
/ 投げた石は自分の頭に落ちてくる。
/ 風に向かって唾吐けば、自分の顔に降り懸かる。
/ (日本の諺)身から出た錆。 - いろは歌留多(江戸)
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He who spits against heaven, spits in his own face.
/ The stone you throw will fall on your own head.
/ Who spits against the wind, spits in his own face.

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