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• huddle
• knuckle
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• put the beat down
• Renaissance
• sous-chef
• stop at nothing
• you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

drop like flies

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释义
一个接一个死去;一个接一个倒下（特指群体每人受到疾病等不利影响）
Die en masse, one after the other.To succumb to a particular problem, often an illness. This phrase is typically only used when more than one person has been adversely affected.

例句
Lisbon: Deputy Coroner says the poison is probably ricin. Victim either ate it or drank it.
Rigsby: If it was airborne, people would be dropping like flies.(The Mentalist)
里斯本：验尸官说这种毒可能是蓖麻素。受害者可能是吃了或者喝了带有毒素的东西。
瑞斯比：如果能空气传播，人们就会一个接一个死去。（超感神探）