eye for an eye
Example Sentences
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An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind, as Mahatma Gandhi allegedly said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024
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
An eye for an eye easily escalates to two eyes for an eye.
From Washington Post • May 27, 2021
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
“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
