might is rightBritish EnglishBrE, might makes right American EnglishPOWER used to say that powerful people and countries are able to do whatever they want, especially when you disapprove of this 强权就是公理〔含贬义〕might is right• Second, we need some kind of global bodies to prevent a further slide into a politics of might is right.• What the child learns is that might is right.
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