[Wikipedia-l] tit for tat

Tom Parmenter tompar at world.std.com
Wed Dec 11 21:52:04 UTC 2002


It is my understanding that the Biblical injunction, "an eye for an eye
a tooth for a tooth", actually means "the punishment should fit the
crime".  

These figures of speech will get away from us no matter what we do.
"No love was lost between them" was written to mean, "all love flowed
between them and none was lost".  

Tom P.
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