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
It shouldn’t be about an eye for an eye, or that old saw about the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 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
Is not this good law, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth?
From The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India by Crooke, William
