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blow this for a game of soldiers

blow this for a game of soldiers interjection: expressing exasperation or impatience with a situation.

Interjection

  1. Expressing exasperation or impatience with a situation.
    • In the middle of a very hot mixed-up fight one of our men remarked drily on his radio "What price this for a game of soldiers!"1941, James Lansdale Hodson, Through the dark night: being some account of a war correspondent's journey, meetings and what was said to him in France, Britain, and Flanders during 1939-40, V....
    • A cold gust of wind fans your face, you shiver slightly, you have been standing still, "get moving," you say to yourself, only another hour to do, the rifle is heavy, brrrr, blow this for a game of soldiers, they have no consideration at all.1952, Hashomer Hatzair, Forging the link: a handbook of Hashomer Hatzair, page 108

Synonyms of blow this for a game of soldiers

Questions about blow this for a game of soldiers

What does blow this for a game of soldiers mean?
Blow this for a game of soldiers means expressing exasperation or impatience with a situation.
What part of speech is blow this for a game of soldiers?
Blow this for a game of soldiers is an interjection.

Words near blow this for a game of soldiers in the dictionary

  1. blow the gaff
  2. blow the grampus
  3. blow the lid off
  4. blow the roof off
  5. blow the whistle
  6. blow this for a game of soldiers
  7. blow this for a lark
  8. blow this pop stand
  9. blow this popsicle stand
  10. blow this taco stand
  11. blow through

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