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词汇 fight-fire-with-fire
释义

fight fire with fire


idiom
to use the same methods as someone else in order to defeat them以其人之道还治其人之身,以牙还牙
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Responding to an attack
beat
beat someone off
beat someone/something back
capitulate
combat patrol
counter-assault
counterattack
countercharge
fight
hold
parry
pull
pull back
refight
repel
repulse
resist
stand
strike
white flag
Examples from literature

I tell you what—you've got to fight fire with fire, observed Tom, after a moment of deep reflection. 
This plan was to fail, and then an attempt would be made to "fight fire with fire." 
We must fight fire with fire! 
What was he telling us about fighting fire with fire? asked Jerry, who was by this time feeling not quite so jaunty as usual, but ready to seize upon any opening that promised safety. 
You've got to fight fire with fire. 

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