| 单词 | to go down like ninepins |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go down (also fall, etc.) like ninepins b. colloquial. to go down (also fall, etc.) like ninepins: to succumb with little resistance in the face of attack, misfortune, etc. Also to knock down like ninepins: to overcome (a thing or person) effortlessly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > offer no resistance [verb (intransitive)] to turn the other cheek1529 to go down like ninepins1791 to take (a beating, defeat, etc.) lying down1888 to take (something) sitting down1899 1791 J. Fennell Lindor & Clara v. i. 99 O lud! O lud! there, there, there, now they are all going to it, to knock down men like ninepins. 1840 F. M. Trollope Life & Adventures Michael Armstrong xi. 121 Such men as Sharpton are not to be knocked down like ninepins. 1873 Galaxy Oct. 560 A row of houses going down like ninepins is more national than creditable. 1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xxiv. 214 Judges, keepers of gambling houses, financiers and minor politicians fell like nine pins. 1989 G. Mehta Raj xxi. 153 I suppose it is no surprise that the men are going down like ninepins to the influenza. 2000 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 1 Apr. 8/2 Post Offices and sub-offices have been going down like ninepins for years. < as lemmas |
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