Set a thief to catch a thief.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

美 　英

• na.以毒攻毒
• 网络以贼捉贼；以其人之道还治其人之身；以恶制恶

例句

and is signaled in proverbial paradoxes such as : " The biter bit" , " set a thief to catch a thief" , etc.

在格言的矛盾语中，诸如「咬人者恒被咬之」「以贼抓贼」更是屡见不鲜。