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• set a thief to catch a thief — Cf. CALLIMACHUS Epigram xliii. φωρὸς δ᾽ ἴχνια φὼρ ἔμαθον, being a thief myself I recognized the tracks of a thief. 1654 E. GAYTON Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixote IV. ii. As they say, set a fool to catch a fool; a Proverb not of that gravity (as… …   Proverbs new dictionary

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