| 单词 | powder without shot |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspowder without shot ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase] > futile appearance of action powder without shot1627 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 341 You..imagine that all His threatnings are but Bruta Fulmina, empty cracks, and Powder without shot. 1704 H. Mackworth Let. from Member of Parl. to Friend 4 All the great Clamor about a Tack, which maketh such a Noise in the World, proveth to be but a Squib, Powder without Shot, that giveth a Crack, but vanisheth into Air and doth no execution. 1774 A. M. Toplady Hist. Proof Doctrinal Calvinism Church of Eng. II. 626 Those Decrees of the Synod..were, as Mr Hales observes, ‘mere Powder without Shot, which gives a Clap, but does no Harm’. < as lemmas |
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