an eye for an eye
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
She offers a better resolution than an eye for an eye, in the form a honey-flavored absolution, baked with love.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2024
To suggest, in the name of a child’s innocent gaze, that putting food on the table beats an eye for an eye, for then soon enough everyone is blind.
From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2020
“Justice is seen as an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”
From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2018
It was give and take thereafter, not an eye for an eye, but in a ratio of ten to one.
From Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings by Adams, Andy
