ninepins
noun /ˈnaɪnpɪnz/
/ˈnaɪnpɪnz/
Idioms Idioms
go down, drop, etc. like ninepins
- (British English, informal) to fall down or become ill in great numbers
大量倒下；大批病倒 - Men and horses went down like ninepins before them, in a tangle of waving limbs.
人和马像九柱戏中的九柱戏一样在他们面前倒下了，四肢乱七八糟地挥舞着。 - There’s a lot of flu about and people are going down like ninepins.
流感肆虐，人们情绪低落。
- Men and horses went down like ninepins before them, in a tangle of waving limbs.