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drop like flies en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (of members of a group, qualifier:simile; especially soldiers; simile; especially soldiers) To die en masse, one after the other.
    • Hit 'em with a left, a left, and a right / Got 'em dropping like flies with the stars in their eyes 2017, “Good Night Alt-Right”, in Only Death is Real (Rap Metal, Nu Metal, Metalcore, Hardcore Punk), performed by Stray From The Path, United States:
    • Seymour: Audrey, quick! We've got to do an emergency [flower] arrangement. […] Mr. Mushnik: The Shivas are our most important funereal account. A big, enormous family, they're dropping off like flies! 1986, Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film)

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dropped like flies Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dropped like flies Tense=Past lexicographic
drop off like flies alternative lexicographic
drops like flies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
die like flies alternative lexicographic
dropping like flies Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (12)

pl padać jak muchy (die en masse) · tr sinek gibi düşmek (die en masse) · fi putoilla kuin kärpäsiä (die en masse) · id jatuh seperti lalat (die en masse) · ro cadeă ca muștele (die en masse) · de wie die Fliegen fallen (die en masse) · es caer como moscas (die en masse) · ru дохнут как мухи (die en masse) · ru дохнуть как мухи (die en masse) · fr tomber comme des mouches (die en masse) · ru мрут как мухи (die en masse) · pt cair como moscas (die en masse)