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An eye for an eye

This phrase can have one of 3 meanings the Metaphorical sense: meaning one aggressive or harmful action commited against a person is moraly equal to that person commiting an aggressive or harmful action towords against his or her aggressor. The other meaning is the Entirely Literal sense of the phrase: in which one person has there eye taken by an other and so then takes that persons eye as retribution. There is also the Half Metaphorical meaning: which is one action that is aggressive or harmful towords a person or a body of people makes it moraly acceptable to take that aggressors eye as retribution
"Thouse barbarians have raped all of the virgins of our village so we must go over to their all-male camp and rape them because that is the way of an Eye for an Eye"

"Oww!! holy shit!! that guy just took my eye, what the hell!! I'm gonna take his eye because that's fair, its an eye for an eye!"

"I can't belive you just stole my last rolo Skippy!, that's it I'm taking your eye, *struggle* Bloody hold still!! *gauge* *pop* There we go. An eye for an eye skippy."
An eye for an eye by Ultraone June 24, 2009
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An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth 

1) if you commit a crime, you should be punished from having the same thing done to you

2) Lyrics from an AC/DC song, called Dog Eat Dog which is found in the Let There Be Rock album released in 1977
1) his punishment is fair as it’s an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth

2) Bon Scott is a lyrical genius, I love when he sings it’s an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth in the song Dog Eat Dog

eye for an eye 

If you're not an idiot, you'd know that "eye for an eye" means, if you fuck someone up, we'll fuck you up too. First coined by Hammurabi back in ancient Mesopotamia times, although I'm sure he didn't quite put it that way.
When John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln, then got killed in a barn in Virginia, that's an eye for an eye.
When Nathan Gale shot that dimebag Darrel, then got tracked down and killed, that's an eye for an eye.
When you give me AIDS after sex, then I track you down and stab the shit out of you, that's an eye for an eye.
eye for an eye by Marcus Reed October 14, 2006

eye for an eye 

if a girl decides to squirt on you, you have the right to squirt back.
once i was eating out my girl and when she climaxed she ended up spilling out her juices all over my face nearly blinding me. Then I looked at her and said, "eye for an eye right?"

An Eye for an Ear 

Getting revenge on someone with something equally bad, but not the same thing.
Him: Someone stole a cookie from me, so i stole a chocolate from them.
Her: An eye for an ear, amirite?

eye for an eye 

agreement. Used by gangs and crews to describe a relationship with another gang or crew, it means that the crews are cool with eachother, but if one does somethin to the other then they will retaliate.
You shit on me, I shit on you
You put a hit on me, I put a hit on you
Eye for an eye nigga
Survive the shots or die nigga
~G-Unit // Eye for an eye
eye for an eye by McKenzie February 2, 2005

eye for an eye 

a kikass soulfly song!!
'eye for an eye,for an eye,for n eye!!!!!"
eye for an eye by olly hall July 27, 2006
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