à bon chat, bon rat

French

Etymology

Literally, “to a good cat, a good rat”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a bɔ̃ ʃa | bɔ̃ ʁa/
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Proverb

à bon chat, bon rat

  1. an attacker and an attackee grow stronger from finding new ways to outwit each other
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