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| tit for tat(noun, idiom, adverb, punishment) | |
| measure for measure(noun, idiom, adverb, compensation) | |
| tooth for a tooth(noun, idiom, adverb, punishment) | |
| Roland for Oliver(noun, idiom, punishment, justice) | |
| Roland for an Oliver(noun, idiom, punishment, justice) | |
| eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth(noun, idiom, punishment, justice) | |
| eye for eye(noun, idiom, punishment, justice) | |
| law of retaliation(noun, idiom, punishment, justice) | |
| law of the talion(noun, idiom, punishment, justice) | |
| talion law(noun, idiom, punishment, justice) | |
| eye for an eye(noun, idiom, adverb, punishment) | |
| face for a face(noun, idiom, counteraction, reprisal) | |
| hand for hand(noun, idiom, counteraction, reprisal) | |
| life for a life(noun, idiom, counteraction, reprisal) | |
| like for like(noun, idiom, counteraction, reprisal) | |
| nose for a nose(noun, idiom, counteraction, reprisal) | |
| something for something(noun, idiom, counteraction, reprisal) | |
| he that steals honey should beware of the sting(idiom, punishment, justice, revenge) | |
| turnabout is fair play(idiom, punishment, justice, revenge) | |
| you receive as you give(idiom, punishment, justice, revenge) |
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