兵荒马乱的英文是「the war was going on with all its stresses and strains」
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荒、乱:指社会秩序不安定。形容战争期间社会混乱不安的景象。
元·无名氏《梧桐叶》第四折:“那兵荒马乱,定然遭驱被掳。”