getting their own back by

French translation: rendre la monnaie de la pièce

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English term or phrase:	get one's own back
French translation:	rendre la monnaie de la pièce
Entered by:	Yolanda Broad

22:23 Jul 7, 2003

English to French translations [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: getting their own back by

While Europeans grumble about the degradingimpact of American cultural imperialism, they are quietly getting their own back by selling the Americans hours of reality television.

Garzon KudoZ activity Questions: 5 (none open) Answers: 1 United Kingdom
Local time: 07:40

rendre la monnaie de la pièce

Explanation:
expression plus imagée
Ils leur rendent tranquillement la monnaie de la pièce

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Local time: 08:40

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4 +2

ils se vengent en douce

Anne Pietrasik

4 +2

ils leur rendent discrètement la pareille

uparis

5 +1

rendre la monnaie de la pièce

CMJ_Trans (X)

3 +2

ils prennent leur revanche

Andreina Baiano

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15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

ils prennent leur revanche

Explanation:
Ils sont en train de prendre leur revanche

ou:

ils exercent leur vengeance

ils prennent vengeance

GET YOUR OWN BACK means to get some kind of revenge, to do or get something in return for a bad thing someone did to you.

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Aussi: ils se vengent :)

Andreina Baiano
Italy
Local time: 08:40
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in pair: 91

52 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

ils se vengent en douce

Explanation:
;-)

Anne Pietrasik
France
Local time: 08:40
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in pair: 102

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

ils leur rendent discrètement la pareille

Explanation:
"Getting back" at someone would be "se venger", but here we have "getting their own back" - not the same.

It's a bit strange in this sentence because to me the expressions means that you do something to someone and get the same treatment in return - so strictly speaking, one should say "the Americans are getting their own back because the Europeans are selling them reality shows with degrading impact".

With "ils leur rendent discrètement la pareille", I think we're closer to the meaning.
It's the "arroseur arrosé" syndrome - not sure you can use the expression this way, but you might want to say: "ils arrosent discrètement l'arroseur..."

uparis
Local time: 08:40
PRO pts in pair: 44

8 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

rendre la monnaie de la pièce

Explanation:
expression plus imagée
Ils leur rendent tranquillement la monnaie de la pièce

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 08:40
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 5820

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Kind regards

S.Garzon

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