Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Sinews of War

Money, which buys the sinews, and makes them act vigorously. Men will not fight without wages, and the materials of war must be paid for.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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