Need some help.
I was reading about WWII and I read this "The French would just as soon forget the Maginot Line".

I now what is the Maginot Line and who are the French haha, but I don´t understand the meaning of the expression between them and wich would be the rule to use it.

Thanks

Question

Need some help.
I was reading about WWII and I read this "The French would just as soon forget the Maginot Line".

I now what is the Maginot Line and who are the French haha, but I don´t understand the meaning of the expression between them and wich would be the rule to use it.

Thanks

Answer

The expression 'would just as soon do something' means 'would rather'. It means that they would be quite happy to forget about it.

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