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"Be put to fire and sword" nghĩa là gì?
04 Sep, 2016
Flaming sword. Photo courtesy R'lyeh Imaging.
'Be put to fire and sword' nghĩa là ở trong cảnh nước sôi lửa bỏng.
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Internal resistance became more confident and daring as Allied forces encroached on the country. Resistance fighters (they were called the “Maquis” in reference to the French scrub land) came out from the countryside to help, but often prematurely; they were gunned down, and villages deemed to be harbouring “terrorists” were put to fire and sword.
Andrew Bolt, Melbourne's village idiot, ordered Tony Abbott to sell off the ABC forthwith. An editorial in The Australian demanded that the joint be put to fire and sword. Assorted lesser toadies joined the chorus.
Senegal has been put "to fire and sword," headlined the daily Le Pop after fresh riots erupted Sunday in which another person was killed, bringing the death toll to six since protests erupted in late January, according to an AFP tally.
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