клин клином вышибают

посл they fight fire with fire

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– Клин клином вышибают, – спокойно ответил кардинал.
To fight fire with fire.
Роллинс, Джеймс / Кости волхвовRollins, James / Map of Bones
Map of Bones
Rollins, James
© 2005 by Jim Czajkowski
Кости волхвов
Роллинс, Джеймс
© 2005 by Jim Czajkowski
© А. Новиков, перевод, 2009
© ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", издание на русском языке, 2009

Однажды он решил вышибить клин клином – вызвать у себя отвращение к половому.
One day he decided to fight fire with fire and induce in himself an aversion to sexual activity.
Акунин, Борис / Статский советникAkunin, Boris / The State Counsellor
The State Counsellor
Akunin, Boris
Статский советник
Акунин, Борис
© B. Akunin, автор, 1999
© И. Захаров, издатель, 1999

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клин клином вышибают

they fight fire with fire

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Jamming the gun through the gun
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fight fire with fire
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The Russian-English Dictionary: the American edition.
Сontains 50,949 words and phrases.
Selection of vocabulary, presentation of pronunciation peculiarities, grammar and spelling reflect the American variant of conversational English widely used in different areas of contemporary life.