drop/go down like ninepins

if people or things drop like ninepins, many of them fall down or become ill or injured suddenly all at the same time 大量倒下；大批病倒[受伤]

It’s just three weeks into the season and players are dropping like ninepins.

进入本赛季才三个星期，球员们就伤病不断。

Examples from the Corpus

drop/go down like ninepins• Men and horses went down like ninepins before them, in a tangle of waving limbs, flailing hooves and broken lances.

→ drop/go down like ninepins at ninepins(1)

词汇	drop/go down like ninepins
释义	drop/go down like ninepins drop/go down like ninepins if people or things drop like ninepins, many of them fall down or become ill or injured suddenly all at the same time 大量倒下；大批病倒[受伤] It’s just three weeks into the season and players are dropping like ninepins. 进入本赛季才三个星期，球员们就伤病不断。 Examples from the Corpus drop/go down like ninepins• Men and horses went down like ninepins before them, in a tangle of waving limbs, flailing hooves and broken lances. → drop/go down like ninepins at ninepins(1)
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