IIRC, “Death to _” is the idiomatic Farsi equivalent of “fuck / to hell with _” in English, to the point that drivers in Tehran traffic jams might say “death to this traffic!” without any murderous intent.
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Ottawa driver here. I absolutely say "death to this traffic" with murderous intent.
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