tit for tat

しっぺ返し,売り言葉に買い言葉

Ex

  • Tit-for-tat violence between the Government and rebels has increased.
  • Police appealed for information about a gengland tit-for-tat murder.

Reference source

  • https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ja/dictionary/english/tit-for-tat
  • https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/tit+for+tat
  • http://d.hatena.ne.jp/A30/20110423/1303567396