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Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder
He conquered many surrounding regions, grew wealthy, and became the subject
of many legends. dragon's teeth Ydra-gənz-౹tēth\ Seeds of conflict. q We should
realize that we sow dragon's teeth when we neglect the education of our ...
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions
513 sow dragon's teeth passed "the Bubble Act" to limit such speculative
activities, and Walpole's efforts preserved the credit of the British government. In
France the results were more dire. There the monarchy's inability to solve the
country's ...
Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber, 1999
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Top 100 Power Verbs: The Most Powerful Verbs and Phrases You ...
(1) to plant seeds of future conflict Word Used in Sentence(s) (1) “If the
Republican policy is to sow dragon's teeth instead of the golden grain of
conciliation, they may be prepared to reap accordingly.” —Editorial, The
Constitution (Atlanta, ...
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, 2013
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
Plant dragon's teeth Means the same as sow dragon's teeth. Plates of meat Feet.
The phrase comes from Cockney rhyming slang.* Play a blinder Do something
extremely well.* Play a hunch Guess.* Play ball To 'play ball' is to cooperate.
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
Anxiously I inquire, how then shall I be initiated into the principles of the National
Church, that I may not " sow dragon's teeth," and be saved from causing
American wars ? Lord R. You are to understand that a National Church is
established on ...
Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, 1864
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Power Verbs: The Complete Collection
Sow dragon's teeth (1) to plant seeds of future conflict Word UsedinSentence(s)(1
)“Ifthe Republican policy is to sow dragon's teeth instead of the golden grain of
conciliation, they may be prepared to reap accordingly.” —Editorial, The ...
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, 2013
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Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion
BBC Press Release 2005 sow dragon's teeth [Gk Myth.] The legendary hero
Cadmus killed a dragon which guarded a spring, and when (on *Athene's advice)
he sowed its teeth in the ground, a harvest of armed men sprouted up. He
disposed ...
Andrew Delahunty, Sheila Dignen, 2012
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Nature's Ways: Lore, Legend, Fact and Fiction
To sow dragon's teeth – to do something intended to quell strife, but which in fact
foments it even more. Dragon's teeth – anti-tank obstacles DRAGON LANGUAGE
Many current words and phrases maintain a link with the mythological beast, ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
... which when sown in the ground sprouted up as armed men; the expression
sow dragon's teeth, meaning take action that (perhaps unintentionally) brings
trouble about, derives from this. here be dragons alluding to a traditional
indication of ...
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The Nuttall Encyclopædia / Being a Concise and Comprehensive ...
... of the dragon that Cadmus slew, and whichwhen sownby him sprangupasa
host ofarmedmen, who killed each other all to the five who became the ancestors
of the Thebans, hence the phrase to "sow dragon's teeth," to breed and
fosterstrife.
