"Battery against himself" nghĩa là gì?

"Battery against oneself" có từ "battery" là sự hành hung, bạo hành -> cụm từ này nghĩa là gậy ông đập lưng ông, tự vả.

Ví dụ

Agreeing, as we do, with the substance (nội dung) of these remarks, we shall not take notice of their tone, otherwsie than by printing two or three of the expressions in Italics. But we shall take leave to turn Mr. Brougham's battery against himself.

Trump! You can't steal my Buddhism tools or destroy my property by your evil plot (âm mưu) because of your vile (hèn hạ) action just make my fortune in advance! Despite you use any your bad tactics (thủ đoạn)! I know how to turn your battery against yourself! Don't make a fool on me!

Professor Lee, though you have 'made this canon (quy tắc) for your own cause, I will wrest (giành lấy) it from you, and turn the battery against yourself. I take it for granted that all men will admit, that in establishing a rule by which the translator, whose defence (bảo vệ) you have undertaken (bảo đảm), is to be tried, you would form it as favourable to yourself as truth would admit.

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