Feb 26th, 2006, 09:14
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Goa: Poking a person in the eye literally!
We have all heard the ancient saying of poking a person in the eye leads to making that person very angry but two British tourists in Palolem seem to have decided to test this in real life.
  From GOACOM http://www.goacom.com/joel/news/2006feb/25feb06.htm Brits fight it out in bar PANJIM: A previous enmity between two English nationals turned ugly at a bar in Palolem, Canacona, on February 23, where one was assaulted causing injuries to the eye. Keely Wainey complained that Simon Bank, 40, assaulted her without any reason by putting a finger into her left eye causing grievous injuries. (GT) |
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Apr 23rd, 2008, 11:52
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Eye for an Eye?
"Poking the Eye" This is the first time I am reading this idiom but the idiom "An eye for a eye will make the whole world blind"
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Apr 23rd, 2008, 14:03
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Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird
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Biblical; an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Probably Old Testament, but I think it was quoted by Jesus when he talked about turning the other cheek instead, and I'd guess that your example comes from Gandhi?
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Apr 23rd, 2008, 14:08
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Apr 23rd, 2008, 14:36
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extended to - fight fire with fire...
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Apr 23rd, 2008, 22:29
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To find tooth with nail.
Sorry, Sum Ting Wong there. Must be the whisky on an empty stomach 
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