英语词汇“an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

Used to refer to the belief that retaliation in kind is the appropriate way to deal with an offence or crime: other people took his wife, he took the wives of others—it was an eye for an eye...

Revenge should never play a part in a modern justice system, I am hoping that we as a race are beyond that by now, that we have grown up a little since the Bible days of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
‘‘If we practice an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and toothless.’
His laws were very cruel and were based on the principle of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

With biblical allusion to Exod. 21: 24

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单词	an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
释义	an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth Used to refer to the belief that retaliation in kind is the appropriate way to deal with an offence or crime: other people took his wife, he took the wives of others—it was an eye for an eye... Revenge should never play a part in a modern justice system, I am hoping that we as a race are beyond that by now, that we have grown up a little since the Bible days of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. ‘‘If we practice an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and toothless.’ His laws were very cruel and were based on the principle of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. With biblical allusion to Exod. 21: 24 See parent entry: eye
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