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n1) меч; шпага; палаш; шабля (тж cavalry sword); рапіра (тж duelling sword)to cross (to measure) swords — а) схрестити мечі; б) почати боротьбу
to draw the sword — а) оголити меч; б) перен. почати війну
to sheathe (to put up) the sword — а) вкласти меч у піхви; б) перен. закінчити війну
sword in hand — а) з мечем у руці; б) войовничий
2) (the sword) сила зброї; війна; армія; воєнна владаat the point of the sword — силою зброї, насильно
to put to the sword — винищити, убити
4) правосуддя; відплата (тж the sword of justice)5) військ., розм. штик; багнетto beat swords into ploughshares — бібл. перекувати мечі на орала
* * *[sxːd]n1) меч; шпага (court sword, dress sword); рапіра (duelling sword, small sword); шашка; шабля ( cavalry sword)2) ( the sword) сила зброї; військова сила; знаряддя смерті, руйнації3) правосуддя; відплата ( the sword of justice) -
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[sɔːd]n1) меч; шпа́га; пала́ш; ша́бляcavalry sword — ша́бля
duelling sword — рапі́ра
the sword of justice — меч правосу́ддя; судова́ вла́да
to cross [to measure] swords — поча́ти боротьбу́; схре́щувати мечі́
to draw the sword — оголи́ти меч; перен. поча́ти війну́
to sheathe the sword — вкла́сти меч у пі́хви; перен. закінчи́ти війну́
2) ( the sword) си́ла збро́ї; війна́3) військ. sl. штик, багне́т••to throw one's sword into the scale — підтри́мати свої́ домага́ння си́лою збро́ї
to beat swords into ploughshares бібл. — перекува́ти мечі́ на ора́ла
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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
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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 — ► 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
beat swords into ploughshares — beat (or turn) swords into ploughshares devote resources to peaceful rather than warlike ends Origin: with biblical allusion to Is. 2:4 and Mic. 4:3 … Useful english 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
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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
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
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