Scorched-earth policy - Tradução em português

Dani Alves is booked for cleaning out Schweinsteiger, going right through the back of his standing leg. It's an undignified end to the half for Barca. Meanwhile Chris Sutcliffe has a scorched-earth policy when it comes to the old knotweed: "I had an infestation of Rosebay Willow Herb and successfully got rid of it by introducing pigs and a severe electric fence."

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