AN EYE FOR AN EYE (AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH)

Meaning of AN EYE FOR AN EYE (AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH) in English

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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH — retaliation in kind is the appropriate way to deal with an offence or crime. [with biblical allusion to Exod. 21: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FOR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
EYE — I Organ that receives light and visual images. Non-image forming, or direction, eyes are found among worms, mollusks, cnidarians, echinoderms, …
Английский словарь Британика
TOOTH — I. ˈtüth noun ( plural teeth ˈtēth) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English toth, tooth, from Old English tōth; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EYE — I. ˈī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English eie, eye, eighe, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-AN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EYE — — eyeable , adj. — eyelike , adj. — eyer , n. /uy/ , n. , pl. eyes , ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EYE — I. ˈī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High German ouga eye, Latin oculus, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-AN
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOOTH — noun ( plural teeth ˈtēth) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tōth; akin to Old High German zand tooth, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOOTH — noun fig.: taste; palate. 2. tooth ·vt to furnish with teeth. 3. tooth ·vt to lock into each other. ·see …
Webster English vocab
EYE — noun tinge; shade of color. 2. eye ·noun a brood; as, an eye of pheasants. 3. eye ·noun the hole …
Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
EYE — [eye] n [ME, fr. OE eage; akin to OHG ouga eye, L oculus, Gk ops eye, face, Skt aksi eye] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-AN
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — specialized sensory organ capable of light reception and, in vertebrate animals, able to receive visual images that are then carried …
Britannica English vocabulary
TOOTH
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOOTH — tooth S2 W2 /tuːθ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural teeth /tiːθ/) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: toth ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EYE — I. eye 1 S1 W1 /aɪ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eage ] 1 . FOR …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOOTH — n. & v. --n. (pl. teeth) 1 each of a set of hard bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOOTH — n. & v. n. (pl. teeth) 1 each of a set of hard bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EYE — n. & v. n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOOTH — n. & v. --n. (pl. teeth) 1. each of a set of hard bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of …
Oxford English vocab
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Oxford English vocab
TOOTH — ( teeth) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your teeth are the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE — ( eyes, eyeing, or eying, eyed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOOTH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES armed to the teeth (= carrying a lot of weapons ) ▪ Many of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOOTH — (MOUTH) [noun] [C] [plural] teeth - any of the hard white objects in the mouth, which are used for biting …
Cambridge English vocab
EYE — [noun] [C] - one of the pair of organs of seeing in the faces of humans and animalsThey hoped the …
Cambridge English vocab
TOOTH — Synonyms and related words : Vandyke, aftertaste, asperity, baby tooth, bicuspid, bitter, blaze, bucktooth, bumpiness, canine, chop, choppiness, coarsen, cog, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Slang English vocab
TOOTH — n. 25B6; noun FANG, tusk; Zoology denticle; informal gnasher; Brit. informal pearly white. See lists. dental. Human Teeth bicuspid molar …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Словарь английских идиом
AN — indefinite article BAD : I had never visited an hospital before. GOOD : I had never visited a hospital before. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TOOTH — 1. сущ. 1) зуб crown of the tooth ≈ коронка зуба neck of the tooth ≈ шейка зуба to brush, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. союз 1) ибо; ввиду того, что (вводит придаточное причины) This is no party question, for …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EYE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOOTH — tooth.ogg 1. tu:θ n ( pl teeth) 1. зуб milk /calf's, primary, first, baby's, deciduous/ teeth - молочные зубы he …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOR — for.ogg 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EYE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TOOTH — 1) зуб; зубец || нарезать или накатывать зубья 2) шпонка 3) шероховатость ( поверхности после обработки ) || придавать шероховатость …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
EYE — 1) глаз(ок) 2) ушко; проушина; серьга; петля, рым, коуш 3) визир, визирное устройство; видоискатель 4) трик. чаша ( крючковой иглы …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TOOTH — 1) зуб; зубец || нарезать или накатывать зубья 2) шпонка 3) шероховатость (поверхности после обработки) || придавать шероховатость • - armature tooth - beveled tooth - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
EYE — 1) глаз(ок) 2) ушко; проушина; серьга; петля, рым, коуш 3) визир, визирное устройство; видоискатель 4) трик. чаша (крючковой иглы) 5) трик. нитенаправитель, "глазок" • - access …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TOOTH — 1) зубец 2) зубной 3) зубовой 4) зубчатый 5) клевец • root of a tooth — основание зуба threshing concave tooth — штифт подбарабанья threshing cylinder tooth — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
EYE
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TOOTH — 1. tu:θ n ( pl teeth) 1. зуб milk /calf's, primary, first, baby's, deciduous/ teeth - молочные зубы he lost …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); fə …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

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