An Eye for an Eye — VOA Learning English
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Today we talk to you about expressions dealing with payback, getting even, and revenge.
When a person wants to even the score, that person might have the proverb an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth in mind.
The Merriam-Webster online dictionary describes it as a “repayment in kind as revenge for an injustice.”
In kind means “in the same way.”
The expression an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth is ancient. It appears in The Bible and in The Code of Hammurabi, a set of laws written by the ancient Babylonian king of that name.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth describes a way of thinking. It is the idea that retaliating in…
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