English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
SPEAKING ACCURATELY
We can only stop this by fighting fire for fire (nonstandard).
We can only stop this by fighting fire with fire (standard). If you fight fire with fire, you deal with people attacking or threatening you by using similar methods to the ones that they are using.
The principle should simply be eye for eye (nonstandard).
The principle should simply be an eye for an eye (standard). This states that a person who has been injured by another person returns the offending action to the originator in compensation, or that an authority does so on behalf of the injured person.
Dr GAB
