10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GIVE AS GOOD AS ONE GETS»
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give as good as one gets and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
... of good see power. for good and all (inf) for ever; permanently: He's not going
to France for a holiday — he's emigrating for good and all. for good measure see
measure. give as good as one gets (in an argument, fight etc) to be as successful
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... I'm sure he's up to no good. do a power of good see power. for good and all (in/
) for ever; permanently: fie's not going to France for a holiday — he's emigrating
for good and all. for good measure see measure. give as good as one gets (in an
...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
The use of mile dates from about 1900. give a pain ' See PAIN IN THE NECK.
give a piece of one's mind ) See PIECE 0E ONE's MIND. give as good as one
gets Return in kind, retaliate, as in In an argument Laura can give as good she
gets, ...
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
... permanently: He's not going to France for a holiday ~ he's going for good. for
goodness' sake an expression of annoyance: For goodness' sake, will you stop
that noise! give as good as one gets (in an argument, fight etc ) to be as
successful ...
... or pound for pound; give [s.o.] a dose or taste of his own medicine, pay [s.o.]
back in his own coin, pay back in kind, repay, pay back, return the compliment or
favor, reciprocate, give as good as one gets, do unto others as they do unto you.
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
G49 To Give as good as one gets 1811 Lee Diary and Letters 140: I gave him as
good as he sent. Oxford 303; TW 152(1). SeeGll3. G50 To Give as well as take
1790 TJefferson in Mason Papers 3.202: I think it necessary to give as well as
take ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
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The Letters of Michelangelo
I care little about that, because I know that in Florence one can give as good as
one gets. But as it seems all right to you, take it if you find it to be a good
proposition. But I don't know where you'll find the money, as I'm not prepared to
send you ...
Michelangelo Buonarroti, E. H. Ramsden, 1963
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The New Choice for Tiende. Reader
... greatly probably possibly audience tilskuere cheer rdbe hurra boo rdbe ev
rude ubehevlet, grov re mark bemcerkning give as good as one gets give igen
medsamme ment get carried away komme i ekstase, "flippe ud" sole sal leather
Iceder ...
Bjørn Paulli Andersen, Jeremy Watts, John Kaas Petersen, 1996
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Chambers concise dictionary
[Anglo- Saxon gefan ] • give and take to make mutual concessions, give as good
as one gets colloq to respond to an attack with equal energy, force and effect,
give me colloq I prefer • Give me jazz any day. give or take something colloq ...
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2000 Redewendungen Deutsch–Englisch
Schulden - mehr Schulden als Haare auf dem Kopf haben to be up to one's ears
in debt (coll) You won 't get any money out ofhim — he is up to his ears in debt.
schuldig - jmd nichts schuldig bleiben to give as good as one gets (coll) In the ...
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Why all's fare in love and war when you have a good nosey on the bus
Woman: I know. That's probably what they really wanted to do. "Take that Charlie. Bang." One can give as good as one gets, you know, Beardy. «Belfast Telegraph, May 15»
