rendre la monnaie de sa pièce
French
editEtymology
editLiterally, “to return someone change in their own coinage”.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit- to give someone a taste of their own medicine, to retaliate, to pay back in someone's own coin, to pay back in kind [with à ‘someone’]
- Synonym: rendre la pareille
Conjugation
edit- see rendre