blood and ironn.

Brit.

/ˌblʌd (ə)n(d) ˈʌɪən/, U.S.

/ˈbləd ən ˈaɪ(ə)rn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: blood n., and conj.¹, iron n.¹

Etymology: < blood n. + and conj.¹ + iron n.¹, after German Blut und Eisen (1862 with allusion to the style of foreign policy advocated by Otto von Bismarck, reflecting the phrase Eisen und Blut used by Bismarck in a speech made to the Budget Committee of the Prussian Chamber of Deputies on 20 September of that year; 1785 or earlier in more general use in the sense ‘domination through warfare’).

Chiefly historical in later use.

In foreign policy (originally and chiefly that of Otto von Bismarck (1815-98)): the use of military force rather than diplomacy; the advocacy of such an approach. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > [noun] > recourse to weapons

sharps and flats1801

blood and iron1863

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > physical coercion > military as distinguished from diplomacy

blood and iron1863

1863 Bradford Observer 5 Mar. 8/2 He [sc. Bismarck] has propounded the doctrine that ‘Might goes before Right’, and that the cannon is the best argument of kings. He has startled a good and kindly disposed people with the savage theory that nations are to be ruled with a system of ‘blood and iron’.

1877 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 64 Sayings which, with Bismarck's signature affixed, have become truly ‘winged words’. Some of these, like..‘blood and iron’,..he distinctly repudiates.

1882 J. C. Morison Macaulay v. 158 This is quite in character for the Scotch apostle of ‘blood and iron’.

1889 H. P. Hughes Social Christianity v. 74 ‘There,’ they are saying, ‘nothing succeeds like a blood-and-iron policy.’

1898 A. J. Butler tr. Bismarck Refl. & Reminisc. I. 310 We should be unable to avoid a serious contest, a contest which could only be settled by blood and iron.

1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment v. 69 In the whole blood-and-iron province of talk he would..outshine any actual combatant.

1991 T. Pakenham Scramble for Afr. xii. 212 Holstein hoped that Bismarck would do his best to embroil France and Britain,..but he was beginning to lose confidence in the Chancellor's gift for blood and iron.

Phrases

man of blood and iron [after German Mann von Blut und Eisen (1862)] : (originally) a nickname for Otto von Bismarck (with reference to his advocacy of military force as a tool of foreign policy); (later also more generally) any advocate of force rather than diplomacy.The nickname has been largely superseded by The Iron Chancellor.

ΚΠ

1864 tr. Der Wanderer (Vienna) in Times 22 June 14/4 The man of blood and iron (the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs) will not listen to reason.

1869 Porcupine 18 Sept. 235/1 I don't wonder at that man of ‘blood and iron’—Bismarck—openly expressing himself an admirer of La good-looking Lucca.

1872 New Dominion Monthly Oct. 195/1 You will find him indeed a man of ‘blood and iron’.

1957 W. Stark in D. Scott tr. F. Meinecke Machiavellism Introd. p. xviii The sinister Bismarck,..the man of blood and iron, who forged his empire in the furnace of war.

2007 Esquire Nov. 127/3 The colonel himself, a self-mythologising, hard-drinking sentimentalist, a man of blood and iron at 40 per cent proof, who sees the will to power as all.

Derivatives

† blood-and-ˈironness n. Obsolete Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1891 Sat. Rev. 16 May 605/1 The blood-and-ironness of Bismarck.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blood and iron
释义	blood and ironn. Brit. /ˌblʌd (ə)n(d) ˈʌɪən/, U.S. /ˈbləd ən ˈaɪ(ə)rn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: blood n., and conj.¹, iron n.¹ Etymology: < blood n. + and conj.¹ + iron n.¹, after German Blut und Eisen (1862 with allusion to the style of foreign policy advocated by Otto von Bismarck, reflecting the phrase Eisen und Blut used by Bismarck in a speech made to the Budget Committee of the Prussian Chamber of Deputies on 20 September of that year; 1785 or earlier in more general use in the sense ‘domination through warfare’). Chiefly historical in later use. In foreign policy (originally and chiefly that of Otto von Bismarck (1815-98)): the use of military force rather than diplomacy; the advocacy of such an approach. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > [noun] > recourse to weapons sharps and flats1801 blood and iron1863 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > physical coercion > military as distinguished from diplomacy blood and iron1863 1863 Bradford Observer 5 Mar. 8/2 He [sc. Bismarck] has propounded the doctrine that ‘Might goes before Right’, and that the cannon is the best argument of kings. He has startled a good and kindly disposed people with the savage theory that nations are to be ruled with a system of ‘blood and iron’. 1877 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 64 Sayings which, with Bismarck's signature affixed, have become truly ‘winged words’. Some of these, like..‘blood and iron’,..he distinctly repudiates. 1882 J. C. Morison Macaulay v. 158 This is quite in character for the Scotch apostle of ‘blood and iron’. 1889 H. P. Hughes Social Christianity v. 74 ‘There,’ they are saying, ‘nothing succeeds like a blood-and-iron policy.’ 1898 A. J. Butler tr. Bismarck Refl. & Reminisc. I. 310 We should be unable to avoid a serious contest, a contest which could only be settled by blood and iron. 1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment v. 69 In the whole blood-and-iron province of talk he would..outshine any actual combatant. 1991 T. Pakenham Scramble for Afr. xii. 212 Holstein hoped that Bismarck would do his best to embroil France and Britain,..but he was beginning to lose confidence in the Chancellor's gift for blood and iron. Phrases man of blood and iron [after German Mann von Blut und Eisen (1862)] : (originally) a nickname for Otto von Bismarck (with reference to his advocacy of military force as a tool of foreign policy); (later also more generally) any advocate of force rather than diplomacy.The nickname has been largely superseded by The Iron Chancellor. ΚΠ 1864 tr. Der Wanderer (Vienna) in Times 22 June 14/4 The man of blood and iron (the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs) will not listen to reason. 1869 Porcupine 18 Sept. 235/1 I don't wonder at that man of ‘blood and iron’—Bismarck—openly expressing himself an admirer of La good-looking Lucca. 1872 New Dominion Monthly Oct. 195/1 You will find him indeed a man of ‘blood and iron’. 1957 W. Stark in D. Scott tr. F. Meinecke Machiavellism Introd. p. xviii The sinister Bismarck,..the man of blood and iron, who forged his empire in the furnace of war. 2007 Esquire Nov. 127/3 The colonel himself, a self-mythologising, hard-drinking sentimentalist, a man of blood and iron at 40 per cent proof, who sees the will to power as all. Derivatives † blood-and-ˈironness n. Obsolete Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1891 Sat. Rev. 16 May 605/1 The blood-and-ironness of Bismarck. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1863
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