英和和英

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動詞

fight fire with fire (三人称単数 現在形 fights fire with fire, 現在分詞 fighting fire with fire, 過去形および過去分詞形 fought fire with fire)

1. (idiomatic) To respond to an attack with a similar or identical counter-attack (e.g. to respond to gunfire with reciprocal gunfire).
   • 1983, Talking Heads (lyrics かつ music), “Burning Down the House”, in Speaking in Tongues:

     Close enough but not too far / Maybe you know where you are / Fightin' fire with fire

   • 2010 July 27, Blizzard, quoting Firebat, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, v1.0, Blizzard Entertainment, Microsoft Windows:

     Fight fire with fire

参考

• bring a knife to a gunfight
• eye for an eye
• set a thief to catch a thief
• take a hair of the dog that bit one
• use a sledgehammer to crack a nut