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littlemissmartypants

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Reply to RainCaster (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2025, 05:34 PM

5 hrs ago

"They are ~~not~~ keeping their powder dry, it seems."

What's the meaning of the phrase 'Keep your powder dry'?
Be prepared and save your resources until they are needed.

What's the origin of the phrase 'Keep your powder dry'?
The allusion is to gunpowder which soldiers had to keep dry in order to be ready to fight when required. This advice reputedly originated with Oliver Cromwell during his campaign in Ireland. In Ballads of Ireland, 1856, Edward Hayes wrote:

“There is a well-authenticated anecdote of Cromwell. On a certain occasion, when his troops were about crossing a river to attack the enemy, he concluded an address, couched in the usual fanatic terms in use among them, with these words – ‘put your trust in God; but mind to keep your powder dry’.”
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/keep-your-powder-dry.html

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