fall like ninepins

fall like ninepins
(fall (go down или over) like ninepins)
выходить из строя один за другим

Mrs. Cheveley: "...You all go over like ninepins in England without somebody disappearing. Scandals used to lend charm, or at least interest, to a man - now they crush him." (O. Wilde, ‘An Ideal Husband’, act I) — Миссис Чивли: "...Вас всех, одного за другим, выбивают из строя, как кегли. Ни один год в Англии не обходится без того, чтобы кто-нибудь не исчез с горизонта. Прежде скандальные истории придавали человеку очарование или хотя бы просто делали его интересным; теперь же они губят его."

One of our own ships opened... fire... Men were falling right and left like ninepins. (J. Conrad, ‘Nostromo’, part III, ch. 10) — Один из наших собственных кораблей открыл... огонь... Люди валились направо и налево, как кегли.

Thereafter the smaller banks fell like ninepins, and the Manufacturers Trust now in "conservative hands", was made the repository for their assets. (V. Perlo, ‘The Empire of High Finance’, ch. X) — С этого времени мелкие банки стали закрываться один за другим, а их активы переходили к "Мэньюфэкчурерз траст", находившемуся теперь "в надежных руках".


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • go fall like ninepins — go down/fall like ninepins British, old fashioned to be injured, or to fail in large numbers. I ve never seen so many players injured. They were going down like ninepins. (usually in continuous tenses) …   New idioms dictionary

  • go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins — Brit. succumb in large numbers. → ninepins …   English new terms dictionary

  • go drop/fall like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins …   English terms dictionary

  • go fall like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins …   English terms dictionary

  • go down like ninepins — go down/fall/drop/like ninepins phrase used for saying that a lot of people suddenly all become ill or all fail at something A nasty virus was going round the office and people were dropping like ninepins. Thesaurus: to fail, or to stop being… …   Useful english dictionary

  • go down like ninepins — go down/fall like ninepins British, old fashioned to be injured, or to fail in large numbers. I ve never seen so many players injured. They were going down like ninepins. (usually in continuous tenses) …   New idioms dictionary

  • go down like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins …   English terms dictionary

  • go drop like ninepins — ► go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins succumb in large numbers. Main Entry: ↑ninepins …   English terms dictionary

  • drop like ninepins — go down/fall/drop/like ninepins phrase used for saying that a lot of people suddenly all become ill or all fail at something A nasty virus was going round the office and people were dropping like ninepins. Thesaurus: to fail, or to stop being… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ninepins — ► PLURAL NOUN (usu. treated as sing. ) ▪ the traditional form of the game of skittles, using nine pins. ● go down (or drop or fall) like ninepins Cf. ↑go fall like ninepins …   English terms dictionary


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