“Relax. They're falling around like dead flies.”
别急。他们一个接一个往下倒,像死苍蝇似的。
一个 like dead flies 的比方,把对手被撞得东倒西歪的画面一下钉住了。
They're ...ing like ...
形容一群人接连倒下或溃不成军时用;对真人说这话有点刻薄。
They're dropping like flies out there. / They're collapsing one after another.
口语
重音落在 dead,like 轻读一带而过。
By Friday the whole team was falling around like dead flies. 到周五,整个团队都累得东倒西歪。
