Zagorath to BrisbaneEnglish · 1 year ago‘Lining their pockets’: Salvos fired over Brisbane’s new housing strategywww.brisbanetimes.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-link‘Lining their pockets’: Salvos fired over Brisbane’s new housing strategywww.brisbanetimes.com.auZagorath to BrisbaneEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZagorathOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoIts technical meaning is: a series of shots by an artillery battery with each gun firing one round in turn after a prescribed interval But derived from that is its common usage outside of military contexts. Particularly in the phrase “opening salvo”, which means: the first in a series of questions, statements etc that you use to try to win an argument It’s that usage which is being used here, only not necessarily with the “opening” part.
Its technical meaning is:
But derived from that is its common usage outside of military contexts. Particularly in the phrase “opening salvo”, which means:
It’s that usage which is being used here, only not necessarily with the “opening” part.