66 Metaphors for weapons

The master self is that rebellious one whose weapons are passion, pride, avarice, vanity, self-will, implements of darkness; the master Truth is that meek and lowly one whose weapons are gentleness, patience, purity, sacrifice, humility, love, instruments of Light.

We had no arms, as we had been told that the road was perfectly safe, and the only weapons of defence we possessed were our parasols, if I except a clasp knife, which I instantly drew out of my pocket and opened, fully determined to sell my life as dearly as possible.

In the first place, Great Britain's principal weapon must always be her navy, while Germany's principal weapon will always be her army, which guarantees the integrity of her three frontiers and also guards her against invasion from oversea.

This paper weapon was the centering point of the struggle which had now lasted for nearly a fortnight.

A bad boy, who has done something openly and directly subversive of the good order of the school, or the rights of his companions, is called before the master, who thinks that the most powerful weapon to wield against him is the Bible.

The French weapon is the Lebel rifle, of 8 mm.

It was dimly lit by an oriel window of stained glass, over which the ivy and clematis had been allowed to fall; there was that faint odour which emanates from old wood and leather and damask; the furniture was antique and of the neutral tint which comes from age; the weapons and the ornaments of brass, the gilding of the great pictures, were all dim and lack-lustre for want of the cleaning and polishing which require many servants.

The real dangerthat any local or regional war may grow into another general war in which nuclear weapons are usedprovides reason aplenty to put the whole before the part and, in the pursuit of general human welfare, to federate the political life of the human family, following the many steps toward worldism already taken by various aspects of its economy.

From this circumstance Rustem observed, "This can be no other than Akwán Díw, and my weapon must now be either dagger or sword."

The aboriginal weapons are clubs and spearsof the latter the variety is very great, there being at least fourteen distinct kinds.

"Most true, praised be Allah!" replied the Sheikh, drawing himself proudly up, and presenting a jewel-hilted dagger to the old Bey; "this weapon," he continued, "was your gift to me in the hour of your favour; had I met Elfy Bey, it should have freed you from your enemy.

The chief weapon to-day, as in the past, is artillery.

His only visible weapon was a knotted stick.

Every man was his own avenger of crime, and his bloody weapons were his only law.

Their own weapons are also torture and slavery.

The master self is that rebellious one whose weapons are passion, pride, avarice, vanity, self-will, implements of darkness; the master Truth is that meek and lowly one whose weapons are gentleness, patience, purity, sacrifice, humility, love, instruments of Light.

Their principal weapon, however, is the sling ....

"What can a dozen men do?" "Our main weapon is surprise of course.

Stahl's weapon was a long fighting rapier, and to this the treacherous second made no objection.

All the carvings were of wood, the weapons even were only fac-similes in wood of the original articles.

The representations of his ministers and generals failed to rouse him from his stupor, and the weapon to which he resorted was the abuse of his opponent, and not his prompt chastisement.

Meanwhile, there was going on a duel, the weapons of which were not pianos, but those invisible stilettos with which two women conduct a deadly feud, and politely tear each other's eyes out.

Man's first weapons were the branches of trees, which were succeeded by bows and arrows, and it is worthy of remark, that these latter weapons have been found with the natives of all climates and latitudes.

Their only weapons are stones, maces or clubs, and darts or lances, some of which are pointed with horn, and others have their points hardened in the fire.

And the great weapon of the fiends in warfare was their tails, which were of prodigious size and terrible strength.

66 Metaphors for  weapons