a tooth for a tooth
Example Sentences
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“We don’t believe in an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, because that always leads to a bad situation,” Sheinbaum told journalists at her daily news conference.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025
This German reversion to an eye for an eye & a tooth for a tooth caused Sing Sing Warden Lewis E. Lawes to break the delegates' self-imposed rule of silence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Moses would cry for his people, who have lost sight of the biblical guideline on proportionate retaliation: "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."
From Time Magazine Archive
He explained, without bitterness, that his motive was not a projection of the "eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth" doctrine.
From Time Magazine Archive
“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
