all's fair in love and war
Unpleasant behavior is acceptable during love and conflict.
War & fighting · Chiến trận 200
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ARMY
The fandom of the K-pop boy band BTS.
army golf
The situation when a player is spraying the golf ball all over the golf course in different directions.
battle it out
To fight or compete against one or more opponents, in order to decide a winner.
battle out
To argue or fight over (a disputed subject) and reach a conclusion; to air out one's grievances.
battle taxi
armored personnel carrier
binh lính
(noun) soldiers (generally speaking)
bite the bullet
To force yourself to do something unpleasant or difficult that you have been putting off.
bullet
To inflict bullet shots upon.
bullet sponge
A person, vehicle, or group of people or vehicles that attracts enemy fire.
bullets
A pair of aces as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
bullets and beans
The foundational supplies needed to sustain life and operations, encompassing ammunition and food or rations.
bum gun
A water spray that is located next to some toilets, and is intended to clean the anus by directing the stream of water towards it.
burp gun
A small submachine gun
bí đao
(noun) winter melon (Benincasa hispida)
bại trận
(verb) to be beaten; to be defeated; to be routed (especially in sports)
bắn súng
shooting; shooting sport
bố trận
(verb) to dispose troops in battle-array
chiến trận
(noun) battle
chow gun
A field kitchen on wheels.
chạy giặc
(verb) to flee invaders; escape from enemies
cá răng đao
(noun) piranha
cá đao
(noun) sawfish
cả trận đấu
the whole match
Dad's Army
The Territorial Army.
dodge a bullet
Avoid something bad, harmful, or unpleasant.
dum dum bullet
Hollow-point or soft-point bullet designed to expand on impact.
everything is fair in love and war
People ignore societal norms or morality in matters of romance and conflict.
fight a losing battle
Be fated to fail.
Fred Karno's army
A chaotic, poorly-managed group.
gatling gun
Any of various later weapons with a similar concept of operation (spinning a rotating set of barrels).
giặc
(noun) enemy, invader, aggressor
giặc giã
(noun) rebels; aggressors (who cause turmoil) (generally speaking)
giặc lái
(noun) American and allies' pilots who partook in the bombing of Indochina during the Vietnam War
green army
The regular army, not including any special forces.
gun
A magsman or street thief.
gun down
To kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner.
gun for
To strive for the downfall or diminution of another.
gun off
To leave in a vehicle quickly (impliedly gunning the engine).
gun up
To gun the engine of a vehicle.
guns
Well-developed muscles of the upper arm, especially the biceps and triceps.
gươm
(noun) sword
gươm giáo
(noun) melee weapon
if you go far enough left, you get your guns back
Liberals or center-leftists widely support firearm restrictions, while those on the far left, such as Marxists, do not.
if you want peace, prepare for war
Visibly preparing for a fight can deter one's enemies from opening hostilities, by not giving the appearance of an easy target.
jigger gun
A lock pick.
jump the gun
Irrationally hasty.
junk gun
Synonym of Saturday-night special.
lao đao
(adjective) unsteady; unstable
live by the sword, die by the sword
One who uses violence can expect a violent response; it is better to try to use peaceful means wherever possible.
lâm trận
(verb) to be just about to enter a battle
lính
(noun) enlisted servicemember
lính canh
(noun) sentry; sentinel
lính mới
(noun) rookie; novice; newbie
lính phòng không
(noun) air defense soldier
lính quýnh
(verb) to bungle, esp. due to becoming frantic and flustered; to become embarrassed and fumble; to rush and mess up
lính thuỷ
(noun) sailor
lính thuỷ đánh bộ
(noun) synonym of thủy quân lục chiến
lính thủy đánh bộ
(noun) Traditional tone placement spelling of lính thuỷ đánh bộ.
lính đánh thuê
(noun) mercenary
ma trận
(noun) matrix
ma trận kề
(noun) an adjacency matrix
mê hồn trận
(noun) labyrinth
mặt trận
(noun) front; battlefront
never fight a land war in Asia
Don't bite off more than you can chew; don't start a fight that is too big to win.
old soldier
The butt of a smoked cigar, or an empty bottle of liquor.
phá trận
(verb) to break enemy ranks
quân lính
(noun) soldiers; troops (generally speaking)
ra trận
(verb) to march toward the battlefield
ship war
An intense and sometimes hostile disagreement between shippers of rival ships in a fandom.
silver bullet
One solution for everything.
slum gun
A field kitchen.
soldier
To take a ride on (another person's horse) without permission.
soldier on
To continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty.
song đao
(noun) two backsword (sword with one sharp edge), one in each hand
Star Wars Day
A fan holiday celebrating the Star Wars franchise, on May 4th.
straight as a soldier
Perfectly straight (immobile).
stutter gun
A machine gun, particularly the Thompson or similar.
sure as a gun
Surely; with certainty.
sweat bullets
Extrememly anxious.
sword fighting
The practice of crossing urine streams with another man while both urinating.
sword swallower
A person who performs oral sex on a man.
súng bắn keo
(noun) hot glue gun; glue gun
súng cối
(noun) mortar (type of gun)
súng hoả mai
(noun) a musket, or, specifically a matchlock
súng hỏa mai
(noun) Traditional tone placement spelling of súng hoả mai.
súng liên thanh
(noun) machine gun
súng lệnh
starter’s pistol
súng lục
(noun) revolver; pistol
súng máy
(noun) machine gun
súng ngắn
(noun) a pistol
súng nước
(noun) any gun that uses water (water gun, water pistol, etc).
súng phun lửa
(noun) flamethrower
súng sáu
(noun) revolver; pistol
súng trường
(noun) a rifle
súng đạn
(noun) Any gun that uses projectiles.
thuốc súng
(noun) gunpowder
thắng làm vua, thua làm giặc
might makes right; the winner is always in the right and the loser is always in the wrong.
trăm trận trăm thắng
"Fight a hundred battles, win all those hundred"; to win every fight; to be ever-victorious
trận
(noun) battle (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
trận bóng rổ
basketball game; match
trận cầu
(noun) a match
trận thế
(noun) battle array, combat formation
trận vong
(verb) to die in battle; to die in action
trận đánh
(noun) battle; fight; combat
trận đấu
(noun) a match; competition
trận đấu bóng đá
football match; soccer game
trận địa
(noun) battlefield; battleground
trận địa pháo
(noun) artillery battery
tử trận
(verb) to be killed in action; to die on the battlefield
war baby
An officer owing his position to the need of the time rather than competence.
war daddy
A player with extraordinary ability and exceptional toughness.
war porn
Graphic videos or images of violence collected in war zones, often viewed voyeuristically for emotional gratification.
wheel war
A conflict in which users of a given computer system or (later) wiki who have administrative privileges try to lock each other out of the system or repeatedly attempt to reverse each other’s administrative actions.
woolworth gun
The FP-45 Liberator, a crude, cheaply-made single-shot pistol.
xuất trận
(verb) to march toward the battlefield
Điếc không sợ súng
He that knows nothing doubts nothing.
đao
(noun) Chinese sabre
đao to búa lớn
exaggerative; braggy
đánh giặc
(verb) to fight the enemy (in war etc.)
đơn đao
(noun) one backsword (sword with one sharp edge)
được làm vua, thua làm giặc
might makes right; the winner is always in the right and the loser is always in the wrong.
a blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
a language is a dialect with an army and navy
A language's status depends on the power of its speakers
a pitched battle
One for which both sides have made deliberate preparations.
a soldier's kit
His outfit. A small three-stringed fiddle, formerly used by dancing masters, was called a kit. The word is from the obsolete gitterne (Fr. quitterne), a sort of guitar.
a sword of ice-brook temper
Of the very best quality. The Spaniards used to plunge their swords and other weapons, while hot from the forge, into the brook Salo [Xalon], near Bilbilis, in Celtiberia, to harden them. The water of this brook is very cold.
advise none to marry or go to war
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
all is fair in love and war
Any actions are justified in extreme circumstances
all is fair in love and war. (17th century)
Any actions are justified in extreme circumstances
an army marches on its stomach
An organization's success depends on its basic needs being met
Army or Navy
It was almost entirely used to get men for the Navy. Edward IU set up a Com- mission of Empressment, 1355.
army volunteer
a person who joins the army by choice
Barisal Guns
A name given to certain mysterious booming sounds heard in many parts of the world as well as Barisal (Bengal), generally on or near water. They resemble the sound of distant cannon, and are probably of subterranean origin. At Seneca Lake, New York, they are known as Lake guns, on the coast of Holland and Belgium as mistpoeffers, and in Italy as bombiti, baturho marina, etc.
battle bowler
This was a nickname given in World War I to the steel helmet or "tin hat" worn at the front. Used again 1939-45, when it was also called a "tin topee.
Battle of Britain
The prolonged aerial operations over Southern England and the Channel, August-September 1940, in which the
Battle of the Books
A satire by Swift (written 1697, published 1704), on the literary squabble as to the comparative value of ancient and modern authors. In the battle the ancient books fight against the modern books in St.
Battle of the Giants
See GIANTS. Battle of the Herrings, See HERRINGS.
Battle of the Nations
See NATIONS. Battle of the Poets, The. A satirical poem (1725) by John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, in which the versifiers of the time are brought into the field.
battle of the nile
A tile—vulgar term for a hat. "Cool his BATTLE, Bill."
Battle of the Standard
See STANDARD. Battle of the Three Emperors. See THREE EMPERORS.
battle royal
A certain number of cocks, say sixteen, are pitted together; the eight victors are then pitted, then the four, and last of all the two; and the winner is victor of the battle royal. Metaphorically, the term is applied to any contest of wits, etc.
beggar's bullets
Stones. The beggar's bullets began to fly, i.e. they began to throw stones.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts (Trojan War, Virgil in the Aeneid)
Be cautious of enemies who appear friendly
Bice Ribbon Army
The Blue Ribbon Army was a teetotal society founded in the early eighties of the last century by Richard Booth in the U.S.A.
big gun
An important or influential person
biết người biết ta, trăm trận trăm thắng
To know oneself and the enemy ensures victory in all battles
British Army
In 1808 a process of browning was introduced, but the term was common long before this, and probably referred to the colour of the stock. Bess is unexplained; but may be a counterpart to Bill (see below).
bullet
To discharge from a situation. To shake the BULLET at anyone, is to threaten him with "the sack," but not to give him actual notice to leave. To get the BULLET is to get notice, while to get the instant BULLET is to be discharged upon the spot. The use of the term is most probably derived from a fancied connexion between it and the word discharge.
Catling Gun
An early form of automatic weapon invented in the U.S.A. in 1867. It had a large number of barrels, the projectiles in which could be discharged in rapid succession. It preceded all types of weapons constructed on the principle of discharging numerous pro- jectiles rapidly through the same barrel, as a machine gun.
civil war
Wai? between citizens (civiles)* In English history the term is applied to the war between Charles I and his Parliament; but the War of the Roses was a civil war also. In America, the War of Secession (1861-65).
Cloak and Sword Plays
Swashbuckling plays, full of fighting and adventure. The name comes from the Spanish comedies of the 16th- century dramatists, Lope de Vega and Calderon — the Commedia de capay espada; but whereas with them it signified merely a drama of domestic intrigue and was named from the rank of the chief characters, in France — and, through French influence, in England — it was applied as above.
come the old soldier
To pretend to be infirm or weak to gain sympathy or avoid duty
Damocles's Sword
Impending evil or danger. Damocles, a sycophant of Dionysms the Elder, of Syracuse, was invited by the tyrant to try the felicity he so much envied. Accepting, he was set down to a sumptuous banquet, but overhead was a sword suspended by a hair. Damocles was afraid to stir, and the banquet was a tantalizing torment to him.
dead soldier
an empty beer bottle
discharging guns as a salute
To show that no fear exists, and therefore no guns will be required.
eat one's gun
to commit suicide with a firearm
fall on one's sword
To take responsibility and suffer the consequences for a mistake or failure
fire and sword
Rapine and destruction perpetrated by an invading army. Poke not fire with a sword. This was a precept of Pythagoras, meaning add not fuel to fire, or do not irritate an angry man by sharp words which will only increase his rage. (See lamblichus: Protreptics, symbol ix.
fire the starting gun
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
firing a gun
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the company, Hark! did you not hear a gun?--but now we are talking of a gun, I will tell you the story of one.
flesh one's maiden sword
To kill or defeat someone for the first time in battle
Gallic Wars
This word, converted into Tnnovantes, gave rise to the myth that the people referred to came from Troy. Sec TROYNOVANT.
get the bullet
to be fired or dismissed from a job
give it the gun
to accelerate or increase speed
Giặc bên Ngô không bằng bà cô bên chồng
A distant relative by marriage can be more troublesome than a stranger.
giặc cỏ
(verb) local insurgents and troublemakers against the central government
go great guns
To be very successful or popular
Guerilla War
A petty war carried on by bodies of irregular troops acting in- dependently of each other. From Span. guerilla, diminutive of guerra, war. The word is applied to the armed bands of peasants, and to individuals, who carry on irregular war on their own account, especially at such time as their government is contending with invading armies.
gun
He is in the gun; he is drunk: perhaps from an allusion to a vessel called a gun, used for ale in the universities.
gun
A magsman or street thief. Diminutive of gonnuf or gunnof. A GUN’S practice is known as GUNOVING.
gun cotton
A highly explosive compound, prepared by saturating cotton or other cellulose material with nitric and sulphuric acids.
gun jumping
starting something before it is officially allowed
gun money
Base money issued in Ireland by James II, made from old brass cannon, with a small admixture of silver.
gun room
A room in the afterpart of a lower gun-deck for the accommodation of junior officers.
gun to your head
forced to make a difficult decision
guns blazing
Acting aggressively or forcefully from the start
half the battle
Half determines the battle. Thus, "The first stroke is half the battle," that is, the way in which the battle is begun determines what the end will be.
he fleshed his sword
Used it for the first time. Men fleshed in cruelty — i.e. initiated or used to it. A sportsman's expression. A sports- man allows a young dog or hawk to have the first game it catches for its own eating, thus at the same time rewarding it and encouraging its taste for blood. This "flesh" is the first it has tasted, and fleshing its tooth thus gives the creature a craving for similar food.
he who lives by the sword, dies by the sword
Those who use violence will be destroyed by violence
hired gun
A skilled expert hired to do a specific job
Holy War
A war in which religious fanati- cism plays, or purports to play, a considerable part. The Crusades, the Thirty Years War, the wars against the Albigenses, etc., were so called.
honours of war
The privilege allowed to an enemy, on capitulation, of being permitted to retain his offensive arms. This is the highest honour a victor can pay a vanquished foe. Sometimes the troops so treated are allowed to march with all their arms, drums beating, and colours flying.
Hundred Years War
It was also through the operation of the Salic Law that the Crowns of Hanover and England were separated when Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837. The revocation of the Salic Law in Spain by Ferdinand VII, in order that his daughter Isabella should succeed him on the throne, tore the country into two factions, the Isabel- litas and the Carhsts who fought for the claims of Ferdinand's brother Don Carlos.
leaping over the sword
An ancient ceremonial said to constitute a military marriage. A sword being laid down on the ground, the parties to be married joined hands, when the corporal or serjeant of the company repeated these words:
Learn a language, and you will avoid a war (Arab proverb)
Knowing a language can help prevent conflicts
letters of fire and sword
Formerly in Scot- land if a criminal refused to answer his citation, it was accounted treason, and "letters of fire and sword" were sent to the sheriff, author- izing him to use either or both these instru- ments to apprehend the contumacious party.
line of battle
The formation of the ships in a naval engagement. A line of battle ship was a capital ship fit to take 'part in a main attack. Frigates did not join in a general engagement.
lose one's battle
Fail to achieve something despite effort
love and war
all is fair in intense conflicts or romantic relationships
lính cứu hỏa
firefighter
magic bullet
A simple, effective solution to a complex problem
make love not war
Prioritize peace and romance over conflict and violence
man of war
A warship in the navy of a government; though the name is masculine, always spoken of as "she." Formerly the term was used to denote a fighting man ("the Lord is a man of war," Ex. xv, 3).
minute gun
The firing of a gun once a minute, generally as a salute at a royal or state funeral.
Napoleonic Wars
It resulted in the French being driven from the Peninsula.
number one with a bullet
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
One who believes in Sword, dies by the Sword
Those who use violence will be destroyed by violence
Onward, Christian soldiers! (S. Baring-Gould)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
parish soldier
A jeering name for a militiaman: from substitutes being frequently hired by the parish from which one of its inhabitants is drawn.