كيف تنطق "tit for tat"
expression
TIT-fer-TAT
TIT-faw-TAT
التعريف
A situation where someone responds to an action with a similar action, especially to get revenge or to balance things out.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
ˈtɪt/ /ˈfɔɹ/, /fɝ/, /fɹɝ/ /ˈtæt
الإنجليزية البريطانية
tˈɪt/ /fˈɔː/ /tˈæt
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
TIT-fer-TAT
بريطاني
TIT-faw-TAT
استمع في السياق
He pushed me, so I pushed him—it's tit for tat.
Their competition turned into tit for tat attacks.
Tit for tat is not always the best way to solve problems.
They kept stealing each other's pens—classic tit for tat.