szemet szemért, fogat fogért
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From szem (“eye”) + -et (accusative suffix) + szem (“eye”) + -ért (“for”, causal-final case suffix) + fog (“tooth”) + -at (accusative suffix) + fog (“tooth”) + -ért (“for”, causal-final case suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Proverb edit
- (idiomatic) an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, tit for tat (compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person)