an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth)
成語所屬單字eye
an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) — 慣用語
1. The idea that a person should be punished by doing to them what they did to some
1.慣用語
釋義
以眼還眼
The idea that a person should be punished by doing to them what they did to someone else.
例句
The old law was based on an eye for an eye.
He believes in an eye for an eye, not forgiveness.