drop like flies

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drop like flies (第三人称单数简单现在时 drops like flies，现在分词 dropping like flies，一般过去时及过去分词 dropped like flies)

  1. (明喻，指一群人，尤指士兵) 一个接一个地大量死去
    • 1986, Little Shop of Horrors (1986 film)
      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!
    • 2017, Stray From The Path （作曲作词）, “Good Night Alt-Right”:
      Hit 'em with a left, a left, and a right / Got 'em dropping like flies with the stars in their eyes
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