城ㄔㄥˊchéng門ㄇㄣˊmén失ㄕshī火ㄏㄨㄛˇhuǒ，殃ㄧㄤyāng及ㄐㄧˊjí池ㄔˊchí魚ㄩˊyú

  1. 居於宋城門附近的池仲魚，因城門失火，延及他家而活活被燒死的故事。一說指宋城門失火，人盡取池水滅火，魚因乾渴而死。見《太平廣記·卷四六六·池中魚》引《風俗通》。比喻無端受災禍連累。《二十年目睹之怪現狀·第八九回》：「你們這件事鬧翻了，他們窮了，又是終年的鬧饑荒，連我養老的幾吊棺材本，只怕從此拉倒了；這才是『城門失火，殃及池魚』呢！」

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