an eye for an eye

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   used to say that you should punish sb by doing to them what they have done to you or to sb else

   An eye for an eye. Don't you think?

   Take an eye for an eye!

In the movies · 5

• What do they say about an eye for an eye?Venom: Let There Be Carnage2021
• An eye for an eye. Don't you think?Ice Age2002
• An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth!Fiddler on the Roof1971
• Take an eye for an eye!Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• An eye for an eye, I say.The Gift2015
• An eye for an eye. And, Diego...Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade2016
• Deuteronomy: 19:21. "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."The Life of David Gale2003
• Eye contact. Eye contact. Eye contact.Runaway Bride1999

From the same entry

• be all eyes
• before front of eyes
• be up to your eyes in
• cast an eye eyes over
• clap eyes on
• eyes are bigger than their stomach
• for eyes only
• get your eye in
• have an eye for
• have eyes in the back of your head
• have eyes like a hawk
• have one eye an eye on

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• birds of a feather
• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• a rolling stone gathers no moss
• actions speak louder than words
• don't count your chickens
• every cloud has a silver lining
• look before you leap
• the early bird catches the worm
• all work and no play
• you can never tell
• a friend in need
• there's a first time for everything