drop like flies

Rapidly collapse, die, or drop out, usually referring to a group rather than an individual. For example, The words were so difficult that the spelling bee contestants were dropping like flies. The simile like flies has meant “in large numbers,” as it does in this expression, since about 1600.

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But, like previous seasons, they are dropping like flies, with shoulder and forearm issues.

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And according to Mr O'Shea, grassroots clubs in the UK - places where up and coming artists often perform live - are "dropping like flies".

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But with linebackers dropping like flies off the depth chart, there was little choice but to trust that the true freshman could step in.

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“We are the ones in the minority; we’re the ones that are dropping like flies.”

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"Now I have, it seems to me people are dropping like flies," she added.

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