Foreign Office and its policy
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
In the Allied bombing of Berlin in World War II most of the street was levelled with the ground.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Foreign Office and its policy” mean?
In the Allied bombing of Berlin in World War II most of the street was levelled with the ground.
Is “Foreign Office and its policy” formal or informal?
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