by the thousand

In huge quantities, presumably numbering several thousand. When the potato famine hit Ireland, the Irish began emigrating by the thousand.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dulcinea	-	Literature
Tzion	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Urszula	uwr-SHUW-lah	Polish
Bas	BAHS	Dutch
Erma	UR-mə	English
OrbÁN	-	Hungarian