表达 to fight fire with fire 以火治火 的意思和汉语成语 以牙还牙 及习语 以其人之道还治其人之身 相似,都用来表示 用其他人对待你的方法来对待别人 的意思。应该注意的是,这个表达多指负面的处事办法和方法,在用时请特别注意。
例句
Our competitors are trying to steal our customers. We are going to have to fight fire with fire and steal some of theirs.
大家的角逐对手试图挖走大家的客户。大家得以其人之道还治其人之身,也去他们那里挖顾客过来。
After her competitors criticised her business approach, she decided1 to fight fire with fire and go public with her own criticisms of them.
在角逐对手们批判了她的商业模式之后,她决定以牙还牙,继而公开谈论了她对这类人的怎么看。
The only way he could beat his opponent was to fight fire with fire and be equally aggressive.
他要想打败对手,唯一的办法就是以牙还牙,和他们一样大胆进攻。