Т-22

ТАК НА ТАК highly coll AdvP Invar adv

1. менять, обменивать что \Т-22 (to exchange) one for another without additional payment: (make) an even swap (trade, exchange).

«Откуда у тебя велосипед?» — «Поменялся с соседом: я ему - магнитофон, а он мне - велосипед. Так на так». "Where did you get a bicycle from?" "I traded with my neighbor: I gave him a cassette player and he gave me this bike. An even swap."

2. in equal portions, in equal quantities: (in) equal parts

in equal measure.

Смешай молотый кофе и цикорий так на так. Mix equal parts of ground coffee and chicory.

3. получается, выходит \Т-22 (it works out) so that one thing compensates for another

it all evens out

one (thing) offsets (counterbalances) the other one (thing) makes up for the other.