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单词 to throw away the scabbard
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to throw away the scabbard
e. In figurative phrase, to throw away the scabbard: to abandon all thought of making peace.
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society > armed hostility > [verb (intransitive)] > begin hostilities
asty1297
to take weapon in handa1538
to raise one's standard1548
to rise in arms1563
to take (up) armsa1593
to break into arms1594
to unsheathe the sword1649
to take up the hatchet1694
to throw away the scabbard1704
to fly to arms1847
1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. x. 83 He who hath drawn his Sword against his Prince, ought to throw away the Scabbard.
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 207 The Scabbard seemed to be thrown away on both Sides.
1900 A. T. Mahan War S. Afr. (ed. 2) v. 200 Not the courage that throws away the scabbard, much less that which burns its ships.
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