APAD: Beat swords into ploughshares

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Meaning:

    Turn to peaceful pursuits and away from war.

 

Background:

   From the Bible, Isaiah II (King James Version):

     They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into

     pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall

     they learn war any more.

 

- www.phrases.org.uk [edited]

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It was in the 90s and we'd never had it so good. Bloody political campaigns had

given way to economic growth, the Cold War fizzled out as the east and west beat

swords into ploughshares, China was doubling down on joining the WTO, hightech

firms were dangling well-paid jobs in front of the uni students around

ZhongGuanCun, and we were cramming for GRE & TOEFL. It took two more decades for

me to suspect I was not the self-made man I thought I was and it was pure dumb

luck.

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• Ah, the good old days of 80s & 90s! But U r 2 modest 7 G, as -最西邊的島上- ♀ 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 08:50:32

• “future favors prepared mind”;-) Also wish 2C moreOf beating -最西邊的島上- ♀ 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 08:53:44

• swords into ploughshares in the world now. Sigh … -最西邊的島上- ♀ 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 08:55:34

• Thanks! Hope but get ready :-) -7grizzly- ♂ 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 09:48:56

• Love the paragraph,each&every sentence! Short,brief,great用詞 -暖冬cool夏- ♀ 給 暖冬cool夏 發送悄悄話 暖冬cool夏 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 09:17:56

• Thanks. May need to be vetted by AI :-) -7grizzly- ♂ 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 09:49:51

• Ha, still prefer imperfect people over perfect AI but heard -最西邊的島上- ♀ 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 09:56:25

• AI can pretend 2 b imperfect 2, what a game, 哼 :-(( -最西邊的島上- ♀ 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 09:58:07

• 4 those who believe AI’s friend, just wait&C, oh there’s ASI -最西邊的島上- ♀ 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 10:00:38

• Yours is better than AI's :) We like imperfectly perfect:-) -暖冬cool夏- ♀ 給 暖冬cool夏 發送悄悄話 暖冬cool夏 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 10:04:54

• +100! 4 Me, writing is a self learning experience that can’t -最西邊的島上- ♀ 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 10:08:18

• b replaced by AI, no matter how perfect AI is ;-) -最西邊的島上- ♀ 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 10:13:23

• There's no accounting for taste :-) -7grizzly- ♂ 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 10:26:15

• Until the ugoslavia embassy bombed, China....... -移花接木- ♂ 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 10:04:38

• today's military might -移花接木- ♂ 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 10:05:01

• That was a wake-up call. -7grizzly- ♂ 給 7grizzly 發送悄悄話 7grizzly 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 10:27:24

• 太浪費了，劍鋼需要千錘百煉，農具一塊鑄鐵就能製作 -移花接木- ♂ 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 05/30/2025 postreply 11:46:34

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