sticks and stones

名词 n. 短语
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. any obsolete technology (usually of military and law enforcement purposes) when used in comparison to state of the art technology used by the antagonists or competitors. idiomatic,no-plural
    — I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
短语
  1. Ellipsis of sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,idiomatic
    — 1957, Brendan Gill, The Day the Money Stopped ‘You cheap dead-beat son of a bitch.’ / ‘Sticks and stones.’
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