die like flies

Verb

Synonym of drop like flies

Japanese Meaning

大量に次々と死ぬ（人や動物が急激に多く死ぬ様子） / 次々に死亡する（非常に短い期間で多くの死が発生する状態）

After the contaminated water reached the camp, soldiers began to die like flies.

汚染された水が野営地に届くと、兵士たちは次々と倒れ始めた。

Sense（1）

Synonym of drop like flies

They must have been dying like flies here.

dies like flies

（ present singular third-person ）

dying like flies

（ participle present ）

died like flies

（ participle past ）

died like flies

（ past ）