Feeding frenzy

    疯狂攻击

    这个短语的字面解释是“疯狂进食”，这是什么意思？请看对话：

    A: I heard your client had an affair with a married real estate businessman. Is that true?

    B: True. What can I do? If the press gets this, the jackals will start a feeding frenzy, and she's dead.

    Note: This term in this context refers to an aggressive attack on someone by a group. Originally it refers to an aggressive attack on prey by a group of sharks. The resulting boiling and bloody sea results in the sharks wildly attacking any creature nearby - even their own kind. Coined in the mid 20th century, it wasn't long before that vivid imagery began to be used in other contexts. For example: A feeding frenzy may develop among federal agencies once a few loopholes have been opened in the law.