TO BRIDGE THE BLOODY CHASM, phr. (American).—A favourite expression with orators who, during the years immediately succeeding the Civil War, sought to obliterate the memory of the struggle: cf. TO WAVE THE BLOODY SHIRT (q.v.).
TO BRIDGE THE BLOODY CHASM, phr. (American).—A favourite expression with orators who, during the years immediately succeeding the Civil War, sought to obliterate the memory of the struggle: cf. TO WAVE THE BLOODY SHIRT (q.v.).
