mržnja se mržnjom ne vraća

English translation: (There is) no an-eye-for-an-eye

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Bosnian term or phrase:mržnja se mržnjom ne vraća
English translation:(There is) no an-eye-for-an-eye
Entered by: Branko Bojanin

14:16 May 14, 2008
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Bosnian term or phrase: mržnja se mržnjom ne vraća
mržnja se mržnjom ne vraća u životu
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(There is) no an-eye-for-an-eye
Explanation:
Značenje ove fraze je: "Ne treba se osvećivati". Dakle, na dela mržnje se ne odgovara delima mržnje, tj. savet je da se princip "Oko za oko, zub za zub!" ne primenjuje u svakodnevnom životu. U tom smislu, moj predlog prevoda je : "There is no an-eye-for-an-eye, in life."
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4 +2(There is) no an-eye-for-an-eye
Branko Bojanin
4Vendetta is not the best policy in life
Lirka


  

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(There is) no an-eye-for-an-eye


Explanation:
Značenje ove fraze je: "Ne treba se osvećivati". Dakle, na dela mržnje se ne odgovara delima mržnje, tj. savet je da se princip "Oko za oko, zub za zub!" ne primenjuje u svakodnevnom životu. U tom smislu, moj predlog prevoda je : "There is no an-eye-for-an-eye, in life."

Example sentence(s):
  • The law of "an eye for an eye" is usually called the law of retribution, or "lex talionis" (Latin, lex [law] and talio [like]; the punishment is like the injury), or the law of equivalency.

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_eye_for_an_eye
Branko Bojanin
Ireland
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agree  Larisa Djuvelek-Ruggiero (X): "an eye for an eye is not an option in life"
4 hrs
  -> Hvala, ali Vaš predlog zvuči bolje nego moj.

agree  Edina Jerlagic
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11 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Vendetta is not the best policy in life


Explanation:
my take on it.

Lirka
Austria
Local time: 14:47
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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