Meaning of blood and treasure | Babel Free

Definitions

Soldiers and money used for wars.

uncountable

Examples

“to spend blood and treasure”

“Since that his Royal person went / from us beyond the Seas, / Much blood and treasure have been spent / but nere obtained peace:”

“First he will, and then he won't, and nothing less than the irresistible pressure of a friendly and stronger purpose will constrain him to take the road which has been opened for him at such a cost of blood and treasure.”

“[…]the real heart of the French nation is as true to us as when a century ago she spent blood and treasure in our cause.”

“And conservatives are willing to spend blood and treasure advancing democracy abroad in part because we prize the dignity of those living under tyranny.”

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