a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen; human life as grass (idiom); to kill people like scything grass
把人命看得和野草一样，指任意残杀人民。
动宾式；作谓语、宾语、定语；指仗势行凶，不顾别人死活
草菅：野草。把人命看作野草。指任意残害人命。
《汉书·贾谊传》：“其视杀人，若艾草菅然。”
象某人这样的官，真正是草菅人命了。 ◎清·李宝嘉《官场现形记》第四十七回