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
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
“Once we start down this path, it will be very difficult to reverse direction. An eye for an eye will leave us all blind and the world in deep recession.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2018
An eye for an eye leads only to more blindness.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
