eye for eye; tooth for tooth; measure for measure; pay sb back in his own coin(/in kind); requite (/return) like for like; tit for tat ❍ 准备车马绳索，把这厮绑了，五车裂了，可与俺李存孝～！(《关汉卿戏剧集·邓夫人苦痛哭存孝》348) Get carts and horses ready and ropes to tie them up,then have them torn to pieces so that Cunxiao is avenged.