摘要：fight fire with fire字面意思就是用火跟火战斗，引申就是以牙还牙，以毒攻毒、以其人之道还治其人之身。强调用对方使用的方式（通常是攻击性、对抗性方式）来反击对方，用同样的手段应对问题或对抗对手。如：

fight fire with fire字面意思就是用火跟火战斗，引申就是以牙还牙，以毒攻毒、以其人之道还治其人之身。强调用对方使用的方式（通常是攻击性、对抗性方式）来反击对方，用同样的手段应对问题或对抗对手。如：

The only way they can deal with crime is to fight fire with fire.

他们打击犯罪的唯一方法就是以牙还牙。

To deal with this gang of bullies, we must fight fire with fire.

要对付这帮恶棍，我们必须以毒攻毒。

When he gave her the silent treatment, she decided to fight fire with fire and stopped texting him too.

当他对她冷战时，她决定以牙还牙，也不再给他发信息了。

He kept flirting with other girls to make her jealous, so she fought fire with fire by spending time with his best friend.

他总跟其他女生调情来让她吃醋，于是她以牙还牙，故意和他最好的朋友待在一起。

She lied about her weekend plans to avoid him, so he fought fire with fire and didn’t tell her about his upcoming trip either.

她对周末计划撒谎来避开他，于是他以牙还牙，也没告诉她自己即将到来的旅行。

To stop bullies from teasing her students, the teacher fought fire with fire by making the bullies face the same jokes they told others.

为了阻止霸凌者嘲笑她的学生，老师以牙还牙，让霸凌者也体验到他们用来嘲笑别人的玩笑。

The candidate’s team decided to fight fire with fire—when their opponent attacked their policy, they criticized the opponent’s record too.

该候选人的团队决定以牙还牙——当对手攻击他们的政策时，他们也批评了对手的过往政绩。

The enemy launched a surprise night attack, so our troops fought fire with fire and attacked their camp under cover of darkness too.

敌人发动了夜间突袭，于是我方部队以牙还牙，也在夜色掩护下袭击了他们的营地。

When the competitor cut prices to steal customers, the company fought fire with fire by offering an even bigger discount.

当竞争对手通过降价抢夺客户时，该公司以牙还牙，推出了力度更大的折扣。

When the opposing team started using dirty tactics, our coach decided we had to fight fire with fire.

当对方球队开始使用卑劣战术时，我们的教练决定我们必须以其人之道还治其人之身。

If they try to undercut our prices, we’ll have to fight fire with fire and lower ours too.

如果他们试图通过降价来削弱我们的竞争力，我们就不得不以其人之道还治其人之身，也降低我们的价格。

She realized that arguing with him politely wasn’t working, so she decided to fight fire with fire and match his sharp tone.

她意识到礼貌地和他争论没用，于是决定以其人之道还治其人之身，用和他一样尖锐的语气回应。

来源：翅膀英语一点号