逆さかねじを食くわせる

expression, ichidan verb

retort; turn the tables on someone

Idiomatic expression meaning to counter an opponent's argument or action in a way that puts them at a disadvantage, often by using their own logic or words against them.

• 彼かれの批ひ判はんに逆さかねじを食くわせてやった。

  I turned his criticism back on him.

• 相あい手ての言こと葉ばに逆さかねじを食くわせるのが彼かの女じょの得とく意い技わざだ。

  Turning the other person's words against them is her specialty.