Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Two wrongs don\'t make a right
Serbian translation:
na zlo se ne uzvraća zlom
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Marija Nenadovic
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Two wrongs don't make a right
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Poetry & Literature
proverb
Someone else may do something bad and not be punished, but that does not mean you are allowed to do bad things.
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na zlo se ne uzvraća zlom
said to emphasize that it is not acceptable to do something bad to someone just because they did something bad to you first
also:
"In rhetoric and ethics, two wrongs make a right and two wrongs don't make a right are phrases that denote philosophical norms. "Two wrongs make a right" is a fallacy of relevance, in which an allegation of wrongdoing is countered with a similar allegation. Its antithesis, "two wrongs don't make a right", is a proverb used to rebuke or renounce wrongful conduct as a response to another's transgression."
also:
"In rhetoric and ethics, two wrongs make a right and two wrongs don't make a right are phrases that denote philosophical norms. "Two wrongs make a right" is a fallacy of relevance, in which an allegation of wrongdoing is countered with a similar allegation. Its antithesis, "two wrongs don't make a right", is a proverb used to rebuke or renounce wrongful conduct as a response to another's transgression."
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Milena Taylor
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Hvala!
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zoe1
: Ili zlo se zlom ne vraća.
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Da, hvala!
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Daryo
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Hvala!
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Dva loša ubiše Miloša.
Izreka
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Daryo
: izreka zasigurno postoji, ali nema veze sa "two wrongs don't make a right" // "Dva loša ubiše Miloša" postoji/koristi se u svakodvenom govoru, ali ne odgovara kao prevod.
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kako to mislite "zasigurno" postoji?
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English term (edited):
two wrongs don\'t make a right
ponovljeno zlo ne postaje dobro
moglo bi se dodati prije "dva puta" ili "više puta"
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Daryo
: u ovoj izreci su u pitanju dve osobe, ne jedna te ista tj. u pitanju su dve osobe i dva zla
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u pravu ste, sad vidim da je rijec o izreci, oslonila sam se na objasnjenje
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English term (edited):
two wrongs don\'t make a right
sve se vraća, sve se plaća
Ili: šta tko sije, to će i požeti
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Dusan Miljkovic
: Za ova dva postoje "what goes around, comes around" i "you reap what you sow" :)
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uzvraćeno zlo ne postaje dobro
je zapravo smisao izreke
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Note added at 11 hrs (2014-01-17 21:03:34 GMT)
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ili
"uzvraćenjem zla ne činite dobro"
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Note added at 11 hrs (2014-01-17 21:09:20 GMT)
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"Two wrongs make a right In rhetoric and ethics, two wrongs make a right and two wrongs don't make a right are phrases that denote philosophical norms. "Two wrongs make a right" is a fallacy of relevance, in which an allegation of wrongdoing is countered with a similar allegation.
Its antithesis, "two wrongs don't make a right", is a proverb used to rebuke or renounce wrongful conduct as a response to another's transgression...."
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_wrongs_make_a_right]
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Note added at 11 hrs (2014-01-17 21:21:54 GMT)
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isto:
[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Two wrongs do...]
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Note added at 11 hrs (2014-01-17 21:03:34 GMT)
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ili
"uzvraćenjem zla ne činite dobro"
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Note added at 11 hrs (2014-01-17 21:09:20 GMT)
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"Two wrongs make a right In rhetoric and ethics, two wrongs make a right and two wrongs don't make a right are phrases that denote philosophical norms. "Two wrongs make a right" is a fallacy of relevance, in which an allegation of wrongdoing is countered with a similar allegation.
Its antithesis, "two wrongs don't make a right", is a proverb used to rebuke or renounce wrongful conduct as a response to another's transgression...."
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_wrongs_make_a_right]
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Note added at 11 hrs (2014-01-17 21:21:54 GMT)
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isto:
[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Two wrongs do...]
Discussion
It's a very plausible interpretation, but it's not how it's used.
"Two wrongs don't make a right" is used to mean: the fact that someone has done something wrong to you doesn't make it right for you to do something wrong to that person in return, i.e. your wrongdoing considered together with the other person's wrongdoing doesn't change your wrongdoing in an acceptable action (= a right).