be dropping like flies

if people are dropping like flies, large numbers of them are dying or becoming ill or injured within a short period of time The heat was overwhelming and people were dropping like flies.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Fermin	-	Basque
Rhys	HREES (Welsh), REES (English)	Welsh
Darina (2)	-	Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Mira (1)	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada
Iared	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Gustav	GOO-stahf (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German