crawling with (something)

full of something.

Because the Internet is crawling with sports fans, the league thinks it can build an international audience online.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of crawl with something (= to be covered by insects or other small creatures)

• a piss-up
• a pitched battle
• a pit stop
• a place in the sun
• a plain Jane
• a play on words
• a poacher turned gamekeeper
• a poisoned chalice
• a poison-pen letter
• a political football
• a poor man's
• a poor man's someone
• a poor man's something
• a poor relation
• a port of call
• a powder keg
• apple of eye
• apple of someone's eye
• apple of your eye
• apples and oranges
• a pretty kettle of fish
• a prima donna
• a prime mover
• a priori
• a prophet of doom