英语词汇quid pro quo的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	quid pro quo
词源	quid pro quo. Quid pro quo, Latin meaning “something for something,” means in English “one thing in return for another, an equivalent, tit for tat, a Roland for an Oliver.” Shakespeare used a similar expression in Henry VI (1591): “I cry you mercy, ’tis but Quid for Quo.”
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