to go down ou fall like ninepins
1fall like ninepins — go down/fall/drop/like ninepins phrase used for saying that a lot of people suddenly all become ill or all fail at something A nasty virus was going round the office and people were dropping like ninepins. Thesaurus: to fail, or to stop being… …
2go fall like ninepins — go down/fall like ninepins British, old fashioned to be injured, or to fail in large numbers. I ve never seen so many players injured. They were going down like ninepins. (usually in continuous tenses) …
3go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins — Brit. succumb in large numbers. → ninepins …
4go drop/fall like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins …
5go fall like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins …
6go down like ninepins — go down/fall/drop/like ninepins phrase used for saying that a lot of people suddenly all become ill or all fail at something A nasty virus was going round the office and people were dropping like ninepins. Thesaurus: to fail, or to stop being… …
7go drop like ninepins — ˌgo down, ˌdrop, etc. like ˈninepins idiom (BrE, informal) to fall down or become ill/sick in great numbers • Men and horses went down like ninepins before them, in a tangle of waving limbs. • There s a lot of flu about …
8go down like ninepins — go down/fall like ninepins British, old fashioned to be injured, or to fail in large numbers. I ve never seen so many players injured. They were going down like ninepins. (usually in continuous tenses) …
9go down like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins …
10go drop like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins …
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