一物降一物

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lit. one object bests another object · every item has a weakness (idiom) · there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock

Meanings

  1. lit. one object bests another object
  2. every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock

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