汉英词典
MEANING OF 食肉寢皮
to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb / implacable hatred / to have sb's guts for garters
Cut his flesh to eat, peel him to sleep / Describe the deep hatred of the enemy
《左传．襄公二十一年》"庄公为勇爵，殖绰﹑郭最欲与焉。州绰……对曰'臣为隶新。然二子者，譬如禽兽，臣食其肉而寝处其皮矣。'"后遂以"食肉寝皮"喻敌人为禽兽，恨不得割他的肉吃，剥他的皮当垫褥，表示极端仇恨。
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