tit for tat

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口语·形容报复或对等回应
英文释义 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.
典故来源 源自16世纪英语,可能由‘tip for tap’演变而来,意为以同等行为回应。

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