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an eye for an eye
noun as in counteraction
noun as in counterattack
noun as in counterblow
noun as in reciprocation
Example Sentences
He has vowed to match other countries’ levies on American goods, saying: “If they charge us, we charge them — an eye for an eye, a tariff for a tariff, same exact amount.”
Ashton also starred in films “An Eye for an Eye,” “Midnight Run,” “Little Big League” and “Some Kind of Wonderful,” among others.
“There’s so much of what I saw in war, or learned in war, that I applied to my work on the show because the terminology of an eye for an eye, that’s not taken lightly,” Patel said.
Yet things have happened, an eye for an eye has happened.
Because, unfortunately, an eye for an eye wins.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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