ninepins
noun /ˈnaɪnpɪnz/
/ˈnaɪnpɪnz/
Idioms Idioms
go down, drop, etc. like ninepins
- (British English, informal) to fall down or become ill 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 and people are going down like ninepins.