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beat the swords into ploughshares

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  • beat swords into ploughshares — beat/turn swords into ploughshares formal to stop preparing for war and to start using the money you previously spent on weapons to improve people s lives. It would have been unrealistic to expect a country like the United States to turn swords… …   New idioms dictionary

  • beat swords into ploughshares — Meaning Origin From The Bible, Old Testament, Isaiah ii They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • beat swords into ploughshares — If people beat swords into ploughshares, they spend money on humanitarian purposes rather than weapons. (The American English spelling is plowshares ) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • beat swords into ploughshares — ► beat (or turn) swords into ploughshares devote resources to peaceful rather than warlike ends. [ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to the books of Isaiah (chapter 2) and Micah (chapter 4).] Main Entry: ↑sword …   English terms dictionary

  • turn swords into ploughshares — beat/turn swords into ploughshares formal to stop preparing for war and to start using the money you previously spent on weapons to improve people s lives. It would have been unrealistic to expect a country like the United States to turn swords… …   New idioms dictionary

  • beat swords into ploughshares —    If people beat swords into ploughshares, they spend money on humanitarian purposes rather than weapons. (The American English spelling is plowshares )   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • turn swords into ploughshares — ► beat (or turn) swords into ploughshares devote resources to peaceful rather than warlike ends. [ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to the books of Isaiah (chapter 2) and Micah (chapter 4).] Main Entry: ↑sword …   English terms dictionary

  • Swords to ploughshares — is a concept in which military weapons or technologies are converted for peaceful civilian applications. The plowshare is often used to symbolize creative tools that benefit mankind, as opposed to destructive tools of war, symbolized by the sword …   Wikipedia

  • Pitstop Ploughshares — The Pitstop Ploughshares are a group of five members of the Catholic Worker who made their way into Shannon Airport and damaged a US Navy C 40 transport in the early hours of 3 February 2003. Their actions were inspired by the vision of Isaiah… …   Wikipedia

  • The rise of Jat power — ’ (king) was conferred upon him in 1724. [Dr P.L. Vishwakarma, The Jats, I, Ed Dr Vir Singh, (Delhi:2004), 116] In past Jats always rose against tyranny, injustice, economic and social exploitations and were never overawed by claims of racial or… …   Wikipedia

  • Anti-nuclear groups in the United States — Main article: Anti nuclear movement in the United States Anti nuclear movement Australia  · Austria  · Canada …   Wikipedia

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