tit for tat

Significat (Anglès)

Equivalent retribution; an act of returning exactly what one gets; an eye for an eye.

Conceptes

barret

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tal faràs

tal trobaràs

Sinònims

revenge

reprisal

law of retaliation

exchange

quid pro quo

retaliation

retribution

swap

swop

barter

being even with

bonnet

coif

hat

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Traduccions

loi du talion

olho por olho

Gesetz der Wiedervergeltung

ojo por ojo

Rache

Revanche

Hut

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wie du mir

Mütze

Auge um Auge

καπέλο

πίλος

οφθαλμό αντί οφθαλμού

αιγίθαλος αντί κανναβάτσο

Vergeltung

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈtɪt fə(ɹ)ˈtæt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Uncertain; conjectured to be ultimately from Dutch dit voor dat (“this for that”) or French tant pour tant (“equal for equal”). Compare earlier tip for tap (“(a) blow for (a) blow”), from tip + tap; compare also dialectal tint for tant and tit (“a light blow or hit”). The vowel sequence follows a typical ablaut reduplication pattern.