| 词汇 | war-warring instead of jaw-jawing |
| 词源 | war-warring instead of jaw-jawing. An invention of British prime minister Winston Churchill, this phrase means that na- tions are fighting (war-warring) one another instead of talking ( jaw-jawing) about how they can solve their problems without fighting. |
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