호랑이도 제 말 하면 온다

Korean 🇰🇷
/horangido je mal hamyeon onda/ (HO-rang-ee-do je MAL HA-myeon ON-da)

Even a tiger appears when you talk about it (lit.)

A Korean idiom similar to ‘speak of the devil,’ used when someone being talked about suddenly appears. Used when someone shows up just as they are being mentioned.

Example:

호랑이도 제 말 하면 온다더니, 방금 그 사람 왔어!
Speak of the devil—they just showed up!