单词 | cannon fodder |
释义 | cannon fodder soldiers who are considered unimportant by their officers and are sent to fight in the most dangerous areas, where they are likely to be killed The fifty-five to sixty-five year-olds would be sent to the front as cannon-fodder. They were to attack ahead of the regular troops and absorb the enemy's fire. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers |
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