fight fire with fire

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To respond to an attack with a similar or identical counter-attack (e.g. to respond to gunfire with reciprocal gunfire). idiomatic
    — Close enough but not too far / Maybe you know where you are / Fightin' fire with fire

词形变化

fights fire with fire present,singular,third-person fighting fire with fire participle,present fought fire with fire participle,past fought fire with fire past

词源

Either from the practice of starting back fires to prevent the uncontrolled spread of wildfires, or from gunfire which is fought by firing back at the enemy.
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