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Saturday, 03 June 2006

Definition:

A situation where many people or things are failing

Example Dialogue:

A: That’s the fourth runner who has dropped out of the race from heat exhaustion.
B: Yeah, they are dropping like flies today. But what do you expect when you have the race on the hottest day of the year?

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Cao Thinh
The Weekly Idiom: To drop like flies
Aug 17 2010 09:08:00
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They are dropping today. But you have the race on the hottest day of the yoar.
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