rendre la monnaie de sa pièce

French

Etymology

Literally, “to return someone change in their own coinage”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.dʁə la mɔ.nɛ d(ə) sa pjɛs/
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Verb

rendre la monnaie de sa pièce

  1. 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

  • récolter la monnaie de sa pièce

See also

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