Drop Like Flies (Verb)
Meaning
Rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers; "the contestants dropped like flies when the thermometer hit one hundred degrees".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- The new employees dropped like flies after realizing the company demanded long hours and low pay.
- Due to the disease outbreak, the elderly population in the nursing home dropped like flies in a single week.
- Without proper training, the new recruits dropped like flies during the boot camp obstacle course.
- As the extreme weather continued, the fragile crops dropped like flies across the entire region.
- During the intense academic competition, students who couldn't handle the pressure dropped like flies by the end of the first semester.