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1 like flies
во множестве, в большом количествеIrish immigrants and free Negro workers were employed building turn-pikes and canals, and they died like flies in the swamps. (W. Foster, ‘History of Communist Party of the United States’, ch. I) — Ирландские иммигранты и свободные негритянские рабочие использовались на строительстве дорог и каналов и мерли в гнилых болотах как мухи.
Holiday crowds in summer time swarm everywhere like flies. (A. Christie, ‘Evil under the Sun’, ch. 5) — Летом здесь отдыхающих - пруд пруди.
Now... people were marrying like flies... (Suppl) — Сейчас... идет свадьба за свадьбой...
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2 like flies
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > like flies
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3 like flies around a honeypot
Англо-русский современный словарь > like flies around a honeypot
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4 like flies to a honeypot
Англо-русский современный словарь > like flies to a honeypot
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5 to drop/fall like flies
to drop/fall like fliescaer como moscas -
6 die like flies
IDM1. मृत्यु होनाDuring the outbreak of plague, people started dying like flies. -
7 to die/drop like flies
to die/drop like fliesmorrer como moscas. -
8 die like flies
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9 die like flies
мpут кaк муxиOn a dry summer the kids die like flies with infantile cholera (A. J. Cronin) -
10 dying like flies
Общая лексика: мрут как мухи -
11 men dropped like flies
Макаров: люди мерли как мухиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > men dropped like flies
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12 they drop like flies
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13 they're dying off like flies
Общая лексика: они мрут как мухиУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > they're dying off like flies
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14 to die like flies
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15 people were dropping like flies
English-spanish dictionary > people were dropping like flies
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16 drop like flies
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17 fall like flies
IDM1. मृत्यु होना -
18 drop\ off\ like\ flies
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19 die like flies
idiomsമരിച്ച് വീഴുക, ചത്ത് വീഴുക -
20 drop like flies
idiomsമരിച്ചു വീഴുക
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dropping like flies — going down/dropping/like flies informal phrase getting ill or dying in large numbers very quickly People are dropping like flies with the flu. Thesaurus: to have or develop an illness or symptomsynonym … Useful english dictionary