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"Tit for Tat" nghĩa là gì?
11 Jul, 2013
Thành ngữ 'tit for tat' có nghĩa là trả đũa hay ăn miếng trả miếng.
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“The police investigator determined that the sudden increase of crimes was no coincidence. A gang of drug dealers wanted to punish a rival gang for shooting their leader. That led to a tit for tat series of murders, kidnappings and arsons that has paralyzed the city.”
“Last week, I saw a colleague eating my lunch which I’d stored in the office refrigerator. I chose to believe there had been some misunderstanding. That’s why I wasn’t about to grab her lunch the next day in order to get even. I refused to engage in a tit for tat.”
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