高副使却倒打一耙
“yet Vice Envoy Gao turns the tables,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
南赵尚未配合调查
“Nanzhao has yet to cooperate with the investigation,”
高副使 却 倒打一耙
“yet Vice Envoy Gao turns the tables,”
“attempting to pin the Second Prince's disappearance on Great Tang.”
“You are the one at fault, yet you dare accuse us instead.”
Originating from Pigsy's weapon in folklore, this idiom vividly denotes brazen counter-allegations used as an aggressive defense mechanism.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to make a false countercharge; turn on one's accuser
A very common colloquial and literary idiom used when someone guilty counterattacks the victim.