tit for tat
以牙還牙;針鋒相對
口語·形容報復或?qū)Φ然貞?/span>
英文釋義
an equivalent retaliation; a response in kind; an action that is done to someone as a punishment or because they have done something bad to you
例句
She took my pen, so I took her book—just tit for tat.
典故來源
源自16世紀英語,可能由‘tip for tap’演變而來,意為以同等行為回應。