In this era where entire careers are destroyed for saying one wrong word in public, it's refreshing to know we can still use phrases like tit for tat and live to see another day.
A very scholarly looking gentleman on CNN used the phrase in the context of the tension with Iran. Here's part of what he said: Once you start getting into tit for tats, and the tits and the tats are often asymmetric…
Looking at this guy's face, I doubt he had in his mind a nice set of boobies. Breasts. Sweater meat. Whatever you choose to call them. But in Twitterland you can never be sure.
I think he's going to get away with it. What a nice surprise.
I'm going to use this phrase more often. In the right context, of course.
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