war to the knife

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Mortal combat; fighting to the death. countable,uncountable
    — And not civil war as we knew it in England and you knew it in America, waged within certain limits of decency and humanity by disciplined forces, but civil war to the knife, altogether ferocious and anarchical, as if hell itself were let loose, as if a beautiful face were suddenly distorted with fury to the likeness of a fiend.

词形变化

wars to the knife plural

词源

Calque of Spanish guerra al cuchillo (“extremely fierce or relentless war”).
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