Idioms
go down, drop, etc. like ninepins
- (British English, informal)
to fall down or become ill in great numbers 大量倒下；大批病倒 Men and horses went down like ninepins before them, in a tangle of waving limbs. 人和马像九柱戏中的九柱戏一样在他们面前倒下了，四肢乱七八糟地挥舞着。 There’s a lot of flu about and people are going down like ninepins. 流感肆虐，人们情绪低落。