Ninepins
21drop 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… …
22go 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 …
23go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins — Brit. succumb in large numbers. → ninepins …
24go 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) …
25go 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) …
26go down like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins …
27go drop like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins …
28go drop/fall like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins …
29go fall like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins …
30tenpins — Ninepins Nine pins, n. pl. A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling. [1913 Webster] Note: In the United States, ten pins are used for this game, which is therefore… …