“Relax. They're falling around like dead flies.”
別急。他們一個接一個往下倒,像死蒼蠅似的。
一個 like dead flies 的比方,把對手被撞得東倒西歪的畫面一下釘住了。
They're ...ing like ...
形容一群人接連倒下或潰不成軍時用;對真人說這話有點刻薄。
They're dropping like flies out there. / They're collapsing one after another.
口語
重音落在 dead,like 輕讀一帶而過。
By Friday the whole team was falling around like dead flies. 到週五,整個團隊都累得東倒西歪。
