I've never seen so many players injured. They were going down like ninepins.
(usually in continuous tenses)New idioms dictionary. 2014.
go fall like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins … English terms dictionary
fall 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… … Useful english dictionary
go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins — Brit. succumb in large numbers. → ninepins … English new terms dictionary
go drop/fall like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins … English terms dictionary
go down 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… … Useful english dictionary
go 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) … New idioms dictionary
go down like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins … English terms dictionary
go drop like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins … English terms dictionary
go 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 … Useful english dictionary
ninepins — ► PLURAL NOUN (usu. treated as sing. ) ▪ the traditional form of the game of skittles, using nine pins. ● go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins Cf. ↑go fall like ninepins … English terms dictionary
