if (something) sneezes, (something else) catches a cold
if (something) sneezes, (something else) catches a cold
If a person, group, or entity has a problem or experiences a negative situation, a related person, group, or entity will consequently have a worse problem or will experience a more negative situation. If Paris sneezes, Europe catches a cold. Terrorism in France affects security throughout the continent.
See also: catch, cold, if
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- if (something) catches a cold, (something else) gets pneumonia
- japan
- pneumonia
- sneeze
- UK
- when (something) catches a cold, (something else) gets pneumonia
- when (something) sneezes, (something else) catches a cold
- when A sneezes, B catches a cold
- when the US/UK/China, etc. sneezes, Japan/Germany, etc. catches cold
- an insult to one is an insult to all