"eye for an eye" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-eye for an eye.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Calque of Hebrew עין תחת עין (ayin tahat ayin), in reference to Exodus 21:23-25: "And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe" (King James Version; spelling modernized). Etymology templates: {{cal|en|he|עין תחת עין|sc=Hebr|tr=ayin tahat ayin}} Calque of Hebrew עין תחת עין (ayin tahat ayin) Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} eye for an eye
  1. (idiomatic) Compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting an identical injury on that person. Wikipedia link: eye for an eye Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: a Roland for an Oliver, tit for tat Related terms: eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, fight fire with fire, internecine, lex talionis, mirror punishment, mutual assured destruction, race to the bottom, two wrongs don't make a right Translations (compensation for an injury): ዓይን ስለ ዓይን (ʿayn səlä ʿayn) (Amharic), አይን ስለ አይን (ʾäyn səlä ʾäyn) (Amharic), አይን ሥለ አይን (ʾäyn śəlä ʾäyn) (Amharic), ዓይን ሥለ ዓይን (ʿayn śəlä ʿayn) (Amharic), ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος (ophthalmòn antì ophthalmoû odónta antì odóntos) (Ancient Greek), الْعَيْنُ بِالْعَيْن (al-ʕaynu bi-l-ʕayn) (Arabic), ܥܲܝܢܵܐ ܚܠܵܦ݂ ܥܲܝܢܵܐ (ʿaynā ḥlāp̄ ʿaynā) (Aramaic), ակն ընդ ական (akn ənd akan) (Armenian), gözə göz, dişə diş (Azerbaijani), во́ка за во́ка, зуб за зуб (vóka za vóka, zub za zub) (Belarusian), во́ка за во́ка (vóka za vóka) (Belarusian), о́ко за о́ко, зъб за зъб (óko za óko, zǎb za zǎb) (Bulgarian), о́ко за о́ко (óko za óko) (Bulgarian), ull per ull, dent per dent (Catalan), 以眼還眼 (Chinese Mandarin), 以眼还眼 (yǐ yǎn huán yǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 以牙還牙 (Chinese Mandarin), 以牙还牙 (yǐ yá huán yá) (Chinese Mandarin), око за око, зѫбъ за зѫбъ (oko za oko, zǫbŭ za zǫbŭ) [Cyrillic] (Church Slavic), ⱁⰽⱁ ⰸⰰ ⱁⰽⱁ, ⰸⱘⰱⱏ ⰸⰰ ⰸⱘⰱⱏ (oko za oko, zǫbŭ za zǫbŭ) [Glagolitic] (Church Slavic), oko za oko, zub za zub (Czech), oko za oko (Czech), øje for øje (Danish), oog om oog, tand om tand (Dutch), okulon pro okulo, denton pro dento (Esperanto), silm silma vastu (Estonian), eyga fyri eyga (Faroese), eyga fyri eyga, tonn fyri tonn (Faroese), silmä silmästä (Finnish), œil pour œil (French), ollo por ollo [masculine] (Galician), თვალი თვალისთვის (tvali tvalistvis) (Georgian), Auge um Auge (German), עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן ('áyin táḥat 'áyin) (Hebrew), ख़ून का बदला ख़ून (xūn kā badlā xūn) (Hindi), szemet szemért (Hungarian), occhio per occhio (Italian), 目には目を (me ni wa me o) (alt: めにはめを) (Japanese), 눈에는 눈 (nuneneun nun) (Korean), woko za woko (Lower Sorbian), око за око, заб за заб (oko za oko, zab za zab) (Macedonian), око за око (oko za oko) (Macedonian), għajn għal għajn, sinna għal sinna (Maltese), għajn għal għajn (Maltese), øye for øye, tann for tann (Norwegian Bokmål), auga for auga, tann for tann (Norwegian Nynorsk), ēaġe for ēaġe (Old English), oko za oko, ząb za ząb (Polish), oko za oko (Polish), olho por olho [masculine] (Portuguese), о́ко за о́ко, зуб за зуб (óko za óko, zub za zub) (Russian), о́ко за о́ко (óko za óko) (Russian), глаз за глаз (glaz za glaz) (Russian), ìghne airson ìghne (Scottish Gaelic), sùil airson sùla is fiacaill airson fiacla (Scottish Gaelic), око за око, зуб за зуб [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), око за око [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), oko za oko, zub za zub [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), oko za oko [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), oko za oko, zub za zub (Slovak), oko za oko (Slovak), oko za oko, zob za zob (Slovene), oko za oko (Slovene), ojo por ojo (Spanish), jicho kwa jicho (Swahili), öga för öga (Swedish), mata sa mata (Tagalog), కంటికి కన్ను, పంటికి పన్ను (kaṇṭiki kannu, paṇṭiki pannu) (Telugu), о́ко за о́ко, зуб за зуб (óko za óko, zub za zub) (Ukrainian), о́ко за о́ко (óko za óko) (Ukrainian), woko za woko (Upper Sorbian), خون کا بدلہ خون (xūn kā badlā xūn) (Urdu), mắt đền mắt, răng đền răng (Vietnamese), mắt đền mắt (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "以眼還眼"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǐ yǎn huán yǎn",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "以眼还眼"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "以牙還牙"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǐ yá huán yá",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "以牙还牙"
        },
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "oko za oko, zub za zub"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "oko za oko"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
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        },
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
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          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
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          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "eyga fyri eyga"
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        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "eyga fyri eyga, tonn fyri tonn"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "silmä silmästä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "œil pour œil"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ollo por ollo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "tvali tvalistvis",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "თვალი თვალისთვის"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "Auge um Auge"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ophthalmòn antì ophthalmoû odónta antì odóntos",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "'áyin táḥat 'áyin",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "xūn kā badlā xūn",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "ख़ून का बदला ख़ून"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "szemet szemért"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "occhio per occhio"
        },
        {
          "alt": "めにはめを",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "me ni wa me o",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "目には目を"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "nuneneun nun",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "눈에는 눈"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "oko za oko, zab za zab",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "око за око, заб за заб"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "oko za oko",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "око за око"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "għajn għal għajn, sinna għal sinna"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "għajn għal għajn"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "øye for øye, tann for tann"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "auga for auga, tann for tann"
        },
        {
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "oko za oko, zǫbŭ za zǫbŭ",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "око за око, зѫбъ за зѫбъ"
        },
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          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "oko za oko, zǫbŭ za zǫbŭ",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ⱁⰽⱁ ⰸⰰ ⱁⰽⱁ, ⰸⱘⰱⱏ ⰸⰰ ⰸⱘⰱⱏ"
        },
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          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "ēaġe for ēaġe"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "oko za oko, ząb za ząb"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "oko za oko"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "olho por olho"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "óko za óko, zub za zub",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "о́ко за о́ко, зуб за зуб"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "óko za óko",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "о́ко за о́ко"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "glaz za glaz",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "глаз за глаз"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "ìghne airson ìghne"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "sùil airson sùla is fiacaill airson fiacla"
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          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
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          "word": "око за око, зуб за зуб"
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          "word": "око за око"
        },
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          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
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            "Roman"
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          "word": "oko za oko, zub za zub"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "oko za oko"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "oko za oko, zub za zub"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "oko za oko"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "oko za oko, zob za zob"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "oko za oko"
        },
        {
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "woko za woko"
        },
        {
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "woko za woko"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "ojo por ojo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "jicho kwa jicho"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "öga för öga"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "mata sa mata"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "kaṇṭiki kannu, paṇṭiki pannu",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "కంటికి కన్ను, పంటికి పన్ను"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "óko za óko, zub za zub",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "о́ко за о́ко, зуб за зуб"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "óko za óko",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "о́ко за о́ко"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "xūn kā badlā xūn",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "خون کا بدلہ خون"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "mắt đền mắt, răng đền răng"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "compensation for an injury",
          "word": "mắt đền mắt"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "eye for an eye"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "audio": "en-au-eye for an eye.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e6/En-au-eye_for_an_eye.ogg/En-au-eye_for_an_eye.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/En-au-eye_for_an_eye.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eye for an eye"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "turn the other cheek"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "he",
        "3": "עין תחת עין",
        "sc": "Hebr",
        "tr": "ayin tahat ayin"
      },
      "expansion": "Calque of Hebrew עין תחת עין (ayin tahat ayin)",
      "name": "cal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Calque of Hebrew עין תחת עין (ayin tahat ayin), in reference to Exodus 21:23-25: \"And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe\" (King James Version; spelling modernized).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "eye for an eye",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
    },
    {
      "word": "fight fire with fire"
    },
    {
      "word": "internecine"
    },
    {
      "word": "lex talionis"
    },
    {
      "word": "mirror punishment"
    },
    {
      "word": "mutual assured destruction"
    },
    {
      "word": "race to the bottom"
    },
    {
      "word": "two wrongs don't make a right"
    }
  ],
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        "Belarusian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes",
        "English calques",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English reduplicated coordinated pairs",
        "English terms calqued from Hebrew",
        "English terms derived from Hebrew",
        "English terms derived from the Bible",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
        "Macedonian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Old Church Slavonic terms with redundant script codes",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Undetermined quotations with omitted translation",
        "Undetermined terms with quotations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting an identical injury on that person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Compensation",
          "compensation#English"
        ],
        [
          "injury",
          "injury"
        ],
        [
          "inflict",
          "inflict"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) Compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting an identical injury on that person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "eye for an eye"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "audio": "en-au-eye for an eye.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e6/En-au-eye_for_an_eye.ogg/En-au-eye_for_an_eye.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/En-au-eye_for_an_eye.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "a Roland for an Oliver"
    },
    {
      "word": "tit for tat"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "ʿayn səlä ʿayn",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "ዓይን ስለ ዓይን"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "ʾäyn səlä ʾäyn",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "አይን ስለ አይን"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "ʾäyn śəlä ʾäyn",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "አይን ሥለ አይን"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "ʿayn śəlä ʿayn",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "ዓይን ሥለ ዓይን"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "al-ʕaynu bi-l-ʕayn",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "الْعَيْنُ بِالْعَيْن"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "ʿaynā ḥlāp̄ ʿaynā",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "ܥܲܝܢܵܐ ܚܠܵܦ݂ ܥܲܝܢܵܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "akn ənd akan",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "ակն ընդ ական"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "gözə göz, dişə diş"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vóka za vóka, zub za zub",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "во́ка за во́ка, зуб за зуб"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vóka za vóka",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "во́ка за во́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "óko za óko, zǎb za zǎb",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "о́ко за о́ко, зъб за зъб"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "óko za óko",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "о́ко за о́ко"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "ull per ull, dent per dent"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "以眼還眼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǐ yǎn huán yǎn",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "以眼还眼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "以牙還牙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǐ yá huán yá",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "以牙还牙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "oko za oko, zub za zub"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "oko za oko"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "øje for øje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "oog om oog, tand om tand"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "okulon pro okulo, denton pro dento"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "silm silma vastu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "eyga fyri eyga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "eyga fyri eyga, tonn fyri tonn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "silmä silmästä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "œil pour œil"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ollo por ollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "tvali tvalistvis",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "თვალი თვალისთვის"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "Auge um Auge"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ophthalmòn antì ophthalmoû odónta antì odóntos",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'áyin táḥat 'áyin",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "xūn kā badlā xūn",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "ख़ून का बदला ख़ून"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "szemet szemért"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "occhio per occhio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めにはめを",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "me ni wa me o",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "目には目を"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nuneneun nun",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "눈에는 눈"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "oko za oko, zab za zab",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "око за око, заб за заб"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "oko za oko",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "око за око"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "għajn għal għajn, sinna għal sinna"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "għajn għal għajn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "øye for øye, tann for tann"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "auga for auga, tann for tann"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "oko za oko, zǫbŭ za zǫbŭ",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "око за око, зѫбъ за зѫбъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "oko za oko, zǫbŭ za zǫbŭ",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "tags": [
        "Glagolitic"
      ],
      "word": "ⱁⰽⱁ ⰸⰰ ⱁⰽⱁ, ⰸⱘⰱⱏ ⰸⰰ ⰸⱘⰱⱏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "ēaġe for ēaġe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "oko za oko, ząb za ząb"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "oko za oko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olho por olho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "óko za óko, zub za zub",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "о́ко за о́ко, зуб за зуб"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "óko za óko",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "о́ко за о́ко"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glaz za glaz",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "глаз за глаз"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "ìghne airson ìghne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "sùil airson sùla is fiacaill airson fiacla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "око за око, зуб за зуб"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "око за око"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "oko za oko, zub za zub"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "oko za oko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "oko za oko, zub za zub"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "oko za oko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "oko za oko, zob za zob"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "oko za oko"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "woko za woko"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "woko za woko"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "ojo por ojo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "jicho kwa jicho"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "öga för öga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "mata sa mata"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kaṇṭiki kannu, paṇṭiki pannu",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "కంటికి కన్ను, పంటికి పన్ను"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "óko za óko, zub za zub",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "о́ко за о́ко, зуб за зуб"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "óko za óko",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "о́ко за о́ко"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xūn kā badlā xūn",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "خون کا بدلہ خون"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "mắt đền mắt, răng đền răng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "compensation for an injury",
      "word": "mắt đền mắt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eye for an eye"
}

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