英语词汇“better dead than red (or better red than dead)”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

better dead than red (or better red than dead)

A Cold War slogan claiming that the prospect of nuclear war was preferable to that of a communist society (or vice versa).This was particularly true during the McCarthy era of the 1950s when anti-Communist hysteria - ‘better dead than red ‘- reached great heights, especially in Catholic circles.’...

Ever notice how that kind of rhymes with ‘better dead than red?’
Having quite happily countenanced that MAD idea myself - better dead than red - I feel bound in conscience at least to give today's extremists the benefit of the doubt.

See parent entry: red

单词	better dead than red (or better red than dead)
释义	better dead than red (or better red than dead) A Cold War slogan claiming that the prospect of nuclear war was preferable to that of a communist society (or vice versa).This was particularly true during the McCarthy era of the 1950s when anti-Communist hysteria - ‘better dead than red ‘- reached great heights, especially in Catholic circles.’... Ever notice how that kind of rhymes with ‘better dead than red?’ Having quite happily countenanced that MAD idea myself - better dead than red - I feel bound in conscience at least to give today's extremists the benefit of the doubt. See parent entry: red
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