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. 人和马像九针在他们面前，在挥舞着四肢的纠结中倒下。 There’s a lot of flu about and people are going down like ninepins. 有很多流感，人们像九针一样下降。