cannon fodder

Etymology
Mid-19th century, from, a , itself possibly a calque of. See the German for more.

Noun

 * 1) Military forces considered to be expendable.
 * 2)  Any group of contestants that have no hope of success.
 * 3)  Artillery ammunition.
 * 1)  Any group of contestants that have no hope of success.
 * 2)  Artillery ammunition.
 * 1)  Any group of contestants that have no hope of success.
 * 2)  Artillery ammunition.
 * 1)  Artillery ammunition.

Translations

 * Arabic: عَلَف مِدْفَع, وَقُود مِدْفَع, وَقُود حَرْب
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: гарма́тнае мя́са
 * Bulgarian: пу́шечно ме́со
 * Catalan: carn de canó
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: kanonføde
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kahuriliha
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ქვემეხის საკვები, ქვემეხის ხორცი
 * German:
 * Greek: κανονιοτροφή
 * Hebrew: בְּשַׂר תּוֹתָחִים
 * Hindi: तोप-चारा, युद्ध बलि, कैनन चारा
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: bia gunna mhóir
 * Italian: carne da cannone
 * Japanese: 砲弾の餌食
 * Kazakh: оқ жемі
 * Korean: 총알받이
 * Latvian: lielgabalgaļa
 * Lithuanian: patrankų mėsa
 * Macedonian: топовско месо
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kanonføde, kanonfôr
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: carne de canhão, bucha de canhão
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: топовско месо
 * Roman: topovsko meso
 * Slovak: potrava pre delá
 * Slovene: topovsko meso
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: гарма́тне м'я́со
 * Welsh: ysglyfaeth gynnau, bwyd i'r gynnau