The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.
drop like flies — verb rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers the contestants dropped like flies when the thermometer hit one hundred degrees • Hypernyms: ↑break down, ↑collapse • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s * * * see … Useful english dictionary
drop like flies — If people drop like flies, they fall ill or die in large numbers. There s a flu epidemic right now. Senior citizens are dropping like flies … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
drop like flies — dying in great numbers, falling dead on the floor When a pox infected the tribe, people were dropping like flies … English idioms
drop like flies — verb (of members of a group, especially soldiers) Die en masse, one after the other … Wiktionary
drop like flies — die or collapse in large numbers. → flying … English new terms dictionary
die like flies — die (or drop) like flies die or collapse in large numbers people in the area seemed to die like flies in the winter * * * die/fall/drop like ˈflies idiom (informal) to die or fall down in very large numbers • People were dropping like flies in… … Useful english dictionary
fall like flies — die/fall/drop like ˈflies idiom (informal) to die or fall down in very large numbers • People were dropping like flies in the intense heat. Main entry: ↑flyidiom … Useful english dictionary
Drop — Drop, v. i. 1. To fall in drops. [1913 Webster] The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, And wets the little plants that lowly dwell. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drop — drop1 W2S1 [drɔp US dra:p] v past tense and past participle dropped present participle dropping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(let something fall)¦ 2¦(fall)¦ 3¦(move your body down)¦ 4¦(become less)¦ 5¦(reduce)¦ 6¦(not include)¦ 7¦(stop doing something)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
To drop astern — Drop Drop, v. i. 1. To fall in drops. [1913 Webster] The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, And wets the little plants that lowly dwell. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
