English Dictionary

the pen is mightier than the sword

ことわざ

慣用表現 換喩的

(idiomatic, metonymically) More influence and power can be usurped by writing than by fighting.

日本語の意味

「ペンは剣よりも強し」－ 言葉や文章が武力よりも大きな影響力を持つという意味。 / 文筆を通じた表現や情報伝達が、物理的な力や暴力に勝るという考え方。 / 武力によらず、知識や思想、言論を用いる方法が社会に大きな変革をもたらすという意味。

When she published the exposé, she proved that the pen is mightier than the sword, changing public opinion overnight.

彼女が暴露記事を発表したとき、文章は暴力よりも影響力があることを証明し、一夜にして世論を変えた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, metonymically) More influence and power can be usurped by writing than by fighting.

If the pen is mightier than the sword in American history, it is more likely the pen of a novelist than the typewriter of a reporter — Harriet Beecher Stowe stimulating antislavery sentiment or Upton Sinclair enlisting citizens in outrage against the food-processing industry.