| 单词 | like flies |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslike flies h. like flies: in large numbers or huge quantities. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adverb] manifoldlyeOE thick971 a-storec1300 rifec1325 thickfolda1400 thicklyc1400 by, in heaps1523 amain1549 numerously1611 frequently1615 sight1836 multitudinously1839 like flies1934 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. vi. 8 The common people swarme like summer flies.] 1934 A. Hyder Black-girl, White-lady xxi. 309 ‘Yo' kills niggers?’ ‘Like flies,’ Charley assured her. 1958 R. Liddell Morea iii. ii. 245 Now, at the end of 1955, people were marrying like flies; it is unlucky to marry in a leap year. < as lemmas |
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