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  1. 形容三國演義·》:自幼出征殺人如麻何曾有為?」老殘遊記·》:至於外國一切教門興兵接戰殺人如麻試問初心不合?」濫殺無辜草菅人命

to kill people like scything flax (idiom)​; human life as grass, a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen
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