"soigner le mal par le mal" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [French]

IPA: /swa.ɲe l(ə) mal paʁ lə mal/
Head templates: {{fr-verb}} soigner le mal par le mal
  1. to fight fire with fire; to cure like with like Synonyms: combattre le mal par le mal
    Sense id: en-soigner_le_mal_par_le_mal-fr-verb-9wkr6TMm Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 64 36
  2. (especially) to take a hair of the dog that bit one Tags: especially Synonyms: rallumer la chaudière
    Sense id: en-soigner_le_mal_par_le_mal-fr-verb-uB2pG~ja
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: aux grands maux, les grands remèdes

Download JSON data for soigner le mal par le mal meaning in All languages combined (1.1kB)

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