It's the problem that sometimes people knock over an oil lamp in their home and they burn their own house down.

有时候会出现这种问题,一个人把自己家里的油灯弄翻了,然后把自己的房子点着了

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The word in Greek is othismos, and if that was successful as it might be, it could knock down the lines of the front guys and get the other side running.

用希腊语来讲就是"othismos",如果这样的推搡战术成功,就能击溃方阵的前排,使敌方溃不成军

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