Quien al cielo tira flechas, vuélvensele a la cabeza.
Vocabulary: cielo: sky, heaven. tirar: to throw, shoot, launch. flecha: arrow. volver: to return, turn, come back. cabeza: head.
Notes: The verb "volver" can be transitive, "to return (something)," but here it is reflexive: "volverse," meaning "to return, come back." The word "le" in "vuélvensele" is an indirect pronoun referring back to the subject of the verb "tira," the person who's shooting the arrows: the arrows will come back on their head. The accent marked is added to the compound form to indicate the stressed syllable in the verb: vuélven-se-le. Compare a similar saying about rocks: Quien piedra arriba echa, cáele en la cabeza.
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