he who lives by the sword, dies by the sword 成语

a double-edged sword

a device that can help you and hurt you Truth is a double-edged sword. It can imprison me or set me free.

double-edged sword

(See a double-edged sword)

fall on your sword

quit, resign, pull the pin I know I caused the problem, but I won't fall on my sword. They'll have to fire me.

cross swords

Idiom(s): cross swords (with sb) (on sth)

Theme: ARGUMENT

to enter into an argument with someone.
• I don’t want to cross swords with Tom on this matter.
• The last time we crossed swords, we had a terrible time.

The pen is mightier than the sword

Words and communication have greater effect than war and fighting.

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')

Pen is mightier than the sword

The idiom 'the pen is mightier than the sword' means that words and communication are more powerful than wars and fighting.

Put to the sword

If someone is put to the sword, he or she is killed or executed.

Those who live by the sword die by the sword

This means that violent people will be treated violently themselves.

Two-edged sword

If someone uses an argument that could both help them and harm them, then they are using a two-edged sword sword; it cuts both ways.

he who lives by the sword, dies by the sword

1. proverb Those who advance a agitated activity are acceptable to become victims of violence. Often beneath to "live by the sword, die by the sword." The byword is based on a account fabricated by Jesus in the Bible. I accept no accord for mobsters who end up on the amiss ancillary of a gun. He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.2. proverb Those who await aloft a assertive agency of accomplishing something, abnormally that which is illegal, illicit, or adverse to others, are acceptable to accept a abrogating aftereffect as a aftereffect thereof. Often beneath to "live by the sword, die by the sword." For years, the agent took bribes and skimmed profits from kickbacks all over his accompaniment until a bite operation put him in prison. He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.Learn more: by, die, he, lives, sword, who

he who lives by the brand dies by the sword

those bodies who accomplish agitated acts charge apprehend to ache abandon themselves. proverb The byword was originally acclimated with allusion to an adventure in the Garden of Gethsemane. When the men came to arrest Jesus, one of his aggregation drew his brand and cut off the ear of ‘the assistant of the aerial priest’, earning this admonishment from Jesus: ‘all they that booty the brand shall perish with the sword’ (Matthew 26:52). In abreast versions sword is sometimes replaced by gun , bomb , etc.Learn more: by, die, he, lives, sword, who

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