sinews of war
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare French nerf de la guerre.
Noun
[edit]sinews of war pl (plural only)
- (figurative) Money, seen as necessary to wage war effectively.
Translations
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Further reading
[edit]- “sinews of war”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.