commit innumerable murders

commit innumerable murders

Killing people like a bushel, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ā R é NR ú y ì, which means killing people like mowing grass, describes killing people at will. It comes from the biography of Huang Chao in the new book of Tang Dynasty.

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, attribute, or object; used in writing

Analysis of Idioms

Kill people like grass, kill people like art

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Huang Chao in the new book of Tang Dynasty, "Wei Xiu was defeated by observation. He abandoned the city and escaped. Thieves entered the city, burned the rooms and killed people like a sheet."

Idiom explanation

蓺: through "mowing", mowing. Killing is like cutting grass. It describes killing people at will.