a tooth for a tooth
Example Sentences
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“We don’t believe in an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, because that always leads to a bad situation,” Sheinbaum told journalists at her daily news conference.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025
Ye have heard, 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.'
From Time Magazine Archive
Handbills crying "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" appeared in British camps.
From Time Magazine Archive
He explained, without bitterness, that his motive was not a projection of the "eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth" doctrine.
From Time Magazine Archive
“The law of Leviticus states ‘an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life.’
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
