城ㄔㄥˊ門ㄇㄣˊ失ㄕ火ㄏㄨㄛˇchéngmén‑shīhuǒ，殃ㄧㄤ及ㄐㄧˊ池ㄔˊ魚ㄩˊyāngjí‑chíyú

简城门失火，殃及池鱼

  1. 城門失火，人們為取護城河裡的水滅火，卻使護城河裡的魚因乾渴而死。比喻無端被不相干的事牽連，遭受災禍。

英a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom)​; the bystander will also suffer, fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions, ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee