a word and a blow

phrase

Roget 684: [panic] sauve qui peut [Fr.], every man for himself [Fr.Tr.], devil take the hindmost, no time to be lost; no sooner said than done etc. (early) 132; a word and a blow; haste makes waste, maggiore fretta minore atto [It]; ohne Hast aber ohne Rast [G.], [Goethe's motto]; stand not upon the order of your going but go at stand not upon the order of your going but go at once" [Macbeth]; swift, swift, you dragons of the night" [Cymbeline]. ... show more

Roget 720: a verbis ad verbera [Lat.]; a word and a blow; a very pretty quarrel as it stands" [Sheridan]; commune periculum concordiam parit [Lat.]; lis litem generat [Lat.].   

noun

Roget 901: irascibility, irascibleness, temper; crossness etc. adj.; susceptibility, procacity, petulance, irritability, tartness, acerbity, protervity; pugnacity etc. (contentiousness) 720.    excitability etc. 825; bad temper, fiery temper, crooked temper, irritable etc. adj.. temper; genus irritabile [Lat.], hot blood.    ill humor etc. (sullenness) 901.1; asperity &c.; churlishness etc. (discourtesy) 895.    huff etc. (resentment) 900; a word and a blow.    Sir Fretful Plagiary; brabbler^†, Tartar; shrew, vixen, virago, termagant, dragon, scold, Xantippe; porcupine; spitfire; fire eater etc. (blusterer) 887; fury etc. (violent person) 173.    ... show more

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