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
Sukie	SOO-kee	English
Edison	['edisn]
Odelia	-	English
Wise	[waiz]
Eliana (2)	-	Hebrew
Danica	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Czech, Macedonian, English