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
Karly	KAHR-lee	English (Modern)
Dominika	daw-mee-NEE-kah (Polish)	Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Russian, Polish
Neha	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu
'Abla	-	Arabic
Jean-Marie	-	French
Corwin	KAWR-win	English