单词 | the dogs of war |
释义 | > as lemmasthe dogs of war P11. the dogs of war: figurative, in Shakespeare (quot. a1616): the unleashed savagery accompanying war; (hence, with allusion to Shakespeare) havoc, chaos, esp. resulting from conflict. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 274 Caesars Spirit ranging for Reuenge, With Ate by his side..Shall in these Confines..Cry hauocke, and let slip the Dogges of Warre . View more context for this quotation 1799 W. Sotheby Battle of Nile 13 Thy rage let slip th' exterminating brood, The dogs of War, that lap the stream of blood. 1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage III. xii. 214 The dogs of war would be unloosed. 1917 E. Goldman in Mother Earth Mar. 8 The same is bound to take place in America should the dogs of war be let loose here. 2008 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 7 Mar. 4 The dogs of war were let loose and 40 pre-teenage girls..armed with cardboard weapons ran riot on the hockey pitch. < as lemmas |
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