2025 · Q35
In the following items an idiom or a proverb is given. Select the response that correctly describes the meaning of the idiom or proverb and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
Fight fire with fire
EnglishIdioms and Phrases
- AUse the same force or strategy of one's opponent to counter them
- BUse incendiary tactics to destroy by fire
- CAdd fuel to further escalate a fiery situation
- DScorch one's opponent with a barrage of firing
Explanation
The idiom means countering an adversary with their own tactics or intensity. It does not involve literal fire, incendiary destruction, escalation, or scorching barrages. Option (a) gives the established figurative meaning.