an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth): the principle of retribution in which the penalty is equivalent to the original crime or injury (Exodus…
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > in revenge or retaliation (for) [phrase] > equal retaliation (2) an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth)a1400 an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth): the principle of retribution in which the penalty is equivalent to the original crime or injury (Exodus… life for lifea1400 a life for a life: an expression of the ‘law of retaliation’ (chiefly in biblical allusion: see lex talionis, n. and an eye for an eye (and a tooth f… |
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