like flies to manure

Rur. eagerly gathering in large numbers. (Has unpleasant connotations because of the reference to manure.) Look at all them folks going to the freak show like flies to manure. The reporters hovered around the movie star like flies to manure.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Osbeorn	-	Anglo-Saxon
Muirchertach	-	Irish
Mildburg	-	Anglo-Saxon
Elena	E-le-nah (Italian), e-LE-nah (Spanish), ye-LYE-nah (Russian), ee-LYE-nah (Russian)	Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovak, Lithuanian, Russian, German, Medieval Sla
Frantzisko	-	Basque
Firdaus	-	Arabic, Persian