| 单词 | to give as good as he brings or one gets |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (one) as good as he brings or one gets b. Phrases. to give (one) as good as he brings or one gets, to give (one) his own or his due (see due n. Phrases 2a); cf. also to give a Roland for an Oliver at Roland n. Phrases. ΚΠ 1691 J. Dryden in W. Walsh Dialogue conc. Women Pref. sig. A4 To give Mankind their own, and to tell them plainly that [etc.]. 1703 C. Cibber She wou'd & she wou'd Not i. 4 If I don't give you as good as you bring. 1713 Guardian 27 Aug. 1/2 Having dispatched this Combatant, and given him as good as he brings, I proceed. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 45 She and I had some Words..; but, I think, I gave her her own. 1773 Life N. Frowde 132 We resolved to give him a Rowland for his Oliver, if he attacked us. 1884 Graphic 15 Nov. 519/3 To which he replied, as if to give me a Roland for an Oliver, that [etc.]. 1952 M. Laski Village vii. 123 If there was only someone she could talk to who could give her as good as they got. 1956 A. L. Rowse Early Churchills 408 She answered her grandmother back, gave as good as she got. 1967 A. Christie Endless Night xv. 131 We went on, hammer and tongs..and I pretty well gave her as good as I was getting. Told her she was a bossy, interfering female. < as lemmas |
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