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Scissors to Grind

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Work to do; purpose to serve.

That the Emperor of Austria [in the Servian and Bulgarian war, 1885] has his own scissors to grind goes without saying; but for the present it is Russia who keeps the ball rolling.“—Newspaper paragraph, November, 1885.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Schools
Schoolmaster Abroad (The)
Schoolmen
Schoolmistress (The)
Scian
Science
Science Persecuted
Scienter Nesciens et Sapiente Indoctus
Scio’s Blind Old Bard
Scipio dismissed the Iberian Maid (Paradise Regained, ii.)
Scissors to Grind
Sclavonic
Scobellum
Scone (pron. Skoon)
Score
Scornful Dogs will eat dirty Puddings
Scorpion
Scorpions
Scot
Scot-free
Scot and Lot