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an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

更新日期:2026-08-14

词语 an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
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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 以眼还眼, 以牙还牙; 以其人之道还治其人之身。 [ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to Exod. 21:24.]

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