Bird favours tacky stuff, like 'an eye for an eye'? (3,3,3)
I believe the answer is:
tit for tat
''an eye for an eye'?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'bird favours tacky stuff' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'bird' could be 'tit' (tit is a kind of bird) and 'tit' is found in the answer.
'stuff' could be 'tat' (I have seen 'Shoddy stuff' mean 'tat' so perhaps 'stuff' could also mean 'tat') and 'tat' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'for' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'like' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tit for tat that I've seen before include "Counterattack" , "protection given to Barnet" , "Repayment in kind" , "reprisal" , "Appropriate retaliation" .)