an eye for an eye
Example Sentences
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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
A common misperception is that proportionality in self-defence means an eye for an eye, a rocket for a rocket, or a casualty for a casualty.
From BBC • May 15, 2021
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
As there were no penitentiaries, no means of restitution in the desert and wilderness, the laws of God were an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá
