Talk:beat one's swords into ploughshares
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Kiwima in topic RFV discussion: August 2021
I changed it to a phrase[edit]
Can I remove the tag that SemperBlotto added? TNMPChannel (talk) 16:19, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
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Done. --TNMPChannel (talk) 08:07, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
Equinox ◑ 13:16, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
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Rfv-sense "To create a peaceful civilian instrument from military technologies". PUC – 17:04, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
- Is some form of one's necessary in the cites?
- See https: this Google Books search
- Is a form of beat necessary in the cites?
- Cites with one's and forms of beat are often quotes from Isaiah. DCDuring (talk) 23:33, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
- My personal opinion is that this metaphor is readily understood from the meanings of its components and should not be a headword in a dictionary.
Swords to ploughshares on Wikipedia.Wikipedia calls it a "concept". But two OneLook dictionaries, besides Wiktionary, have such a headword: Cambridge Advanced Learner's: 'beat/turn swords into ploughshares' and MWOnline: 'beat/turn swords into plowshares'. DCDuring (talk) 23:41, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
- cited Kiwima (talk) 04:19, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 10:09, 22 August 2021 (UTC)