| 词组 | fall like flies |
| 释义 | (redirected from fall like flies)die like fliesTo succumb to a particular problem, often an illness, in large numbers. People will be dying like flies if we are unable to contain this infection. drop like fliesTo succumb to a particular problem, often an illness. This phrase is typically only used when more than one person has been adversely affected. Now that the flu is going through our school, people are dropping like flies. drop like fliesFig. to faint, sicken, collapse, or die, in great numbers like houseflies dying in a large group. It was a terrible year for the flu. People were dropping like flies. drop like fliesRapidly collapse, die, or drop out, usually referring to a group rather than an individual. For example, The words were so difficult that the spelling bee contestants were dropping like flies. The simile like flies has meant "in large numbers," as it does in this expression, since about 1600. die (or drop) like fliesdie or collapse in large numbers.die/drop/fall like ˈfliesdie, become ill, etc. in large numbers: During the epidemic people were dropping like flies. |
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