"caer como moscas" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Spanish]

Forms: caigo como moscas [first-person, present, singular], caí como moscas [first-person, preterite, singular], caído como moscas [participle, past]
Etymology: Literally, “to fall like flies”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to fall like flies}} “to fall like flies”, {{lit|to fall like flies}} Literally, “to fall like flies” Head templates: {{es-verb|caer<> como moscas}} caer como moscas (first-person singular present caigo como moscas, first-person singular preterite caí como moscas, past participle caído como moscas)
  1. (idiomatic, simile) to drop like flies Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-caer_como_moscas-es-verb--dgJzWn5 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish similes
     
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