Italian idioms
What does “Rendere pan per focaccia” mean?
Rendere pan per focaccia
Word for word
To give back bread for focaccia
What it really means
To pay someone back in equal measure, almost always to get even for something unpleasant.
How we say it in English
To give someone a taste of their own medicine
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Non tutte le ciambelle riescono col buco
You win some, you lose some
Cadere come il cacio sui maccheroni
Just what the doctor ordered
Essere buono come il pane
To have a heart of gold
Tutto fa brodo
Every little bit helps
Che pizza!
What a drag!
Salvare capra e cavoli
To keep everyone happy — English has no single idiom for a solution where nobody loses