◎草菅人命
[slaughter people and treat human life as if it were not worth a straw;act with utter disregard for human life;treat human life as grass] 菅:一種野草。殺人如同除草,任意害人性命
⒈ 視人命如草芥而任意摧殘。
引《初刻拍案驚奇》卷十一:“所以説為官做吏的人,千萬不要草菅人命,視同兒戲!”
清蒲松齡《聊齋志異·三生》:“興以草菅人命,罰作畜?!?br/>清黃六鴻《福惠全書·刑名·監(jiān)禁》:“夫獄卒仇家諸人,草菅人命,固憲典所不容矣?!?br/>鄒韜奮《患難馀生記》第一章:“特務(wù)的違法橫行,草菅人命,用綁票的方法,用秘刑的拷打,都是在偷偷摸摸、鬼鬼祟祟中進(jìn)行的?!?/span>
菅,一種野草。草菅人命比喻輕視人命,濫殺無辜。