A Roland for an Oliver meaning in konkani

measure for measure, an adequate response

मापाखातीर माप, फावो तो प्रतिसाद

After what was done to us, I'd say its a Roland for an Oliver.

आमकां जें केलें ताचे उपरांत हांव म्हणटलो its a Roland for an Oliver.

1. Equal measure; measure for measure; adequate response.

समान माप; मापाखातीर माप; फावो तो प्रतिसाद दिवप.

1. I had to bite my lip to prevent myself from laughing. What he said had a hateful truth in it, and another defect of my character is that I enjoy the company of those, however depraved, who can give me a Roland for my Oliver.

2. It is held to be a good taunt, and somehow or other to clinch the question logically, when an old gentleman waggles his head and says: "Ah, so I thought when I was your age." It is not thought an answer at all, if the young man retorts: "My venerable sir, so I shall most probably think when I am yours." And yet the one is as good as the other: pass for pass, tit for tat, a Roland for an Oliver.

3. Mr. Godwin has lately attempted an answer to the Essay (thus giving Mr. Malthus a Roland for his Oliver) but we think he has judged ill in endeavouring to invalidate the principle, instead of confining himself to point out the misapplication of it.