以其人之道,还治其人之身 [ yǐ qí rén zhī dào,huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn ]

基本释义

以:拿;治:惩处。用别人的办法来惩治别人。

英文翻译

to give sb a taste of his own medicine; to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game