目には目を歯には歯を

めにはめをはにははを

• an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth exp

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目の上のたんこぶ

めのうえのたんこぶ

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action exp

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目の上のこぶ

めのうえのこぶ

• a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way exp n id

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目は口ほどに物を言う

めはくちほどにものをいう

• one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue exp proverb

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欲に目がくらむ

よくにめがくらむ

• to be blinded by greed exp v5m

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