English-Portuguese translations for eye for an eye

• olho por olho
  Olho por olho, dente por dente. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
  A política de "olho por olho" leva à cegueira generalizada. But an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.
  O princípio do "olho por olho" pode cegar o mundo. The principle of an eye for an eye, makes the whole world blind.

Definition of eye for an eye

• compensation#English|compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting an identical injury on that person

Related words

• an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
• eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
• an eye for an eye
• have an eye for
• Sanford’s White-eye
• it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kin