sod this for a game of soldiers

alternative sod that for a game of soldiers

1. IrelandUKExpressing exasperation or impatience with a situation.

   Near-synonyms: screw this, fuck this; see also Thesaurus:screw this

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   "All that grovelling. It's no wonder most people say, 'Sod this for a game of soldiers'. It's a very odd person who retains practising religion."

   1996 December 8, Caroline Sutton, “My First One-in-a-Bath Romp, by Father Ted”, in Sunday Mirror

   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. Gollancz Ltd., page 343

   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: blow this for a game of soldiers, fuck this for a game of soldiers, screw this for a game of soldiers, blow this for a lark, fuck this for a lark, screw this for a lark, sod this for a lark, screw this