COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ball flies/sails
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The ball flew over the goalkeeper’s head and into the net.
a bird flies
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Some birds fly incredible distances.
a bullet flies (= moves fast )
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Bullets were flying around our heads.
a door flies/bursts open (= opens very suddenly and quickly )
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Then the door burst open and two men with guns came in.
a plane flies
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Several planes flew overhead.
an insect flies
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Insects were flying around the food on the counter.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as the crow flies
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My house is ten miles from here as the crow flies.
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The distance between the two towns is only 10 kilometres as the crow flies, but it can take up to 2 hours along the narrow coastal road.
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Similarly a stone's throw, as the crow flies, etc.
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The course should be five and a half miles as the crow flies.
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The distance between Avonmouth, near Bristol, and Poole in Dorset is only 65 miles as the crow flies.
be dropping like flies
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Players from both teams are dropping like flies.
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Grocer profits While other retailers are dropping like flies, supermarkets are making fat profits.
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Our kids are dropping like flies.
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They should be dropping like flies, but that hasn't been the case.
be dying/dropping etc like flies
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Grocer profits While other retailers are dropping like flies , supermarkets are making fat profits.
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Our kids are dropping like flies .
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The men were dying like flies , of fever.
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They should be dropping like flies , but that hasn't been the case.
the fur flies
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When Marcia found out where Keith was all night, that's when the fur really started to fly.
there are no flies on sb
time flies
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"Hasn't the afternoon passed quickly?" said Carol. "Time flies when you're having fun."
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Is it 5:30 already? Boy, time sure flies !
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Is Richard eight already? Doesn't time fly ?
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Dearest Jeanette How time flies especially when one is meant to be writing lots of letters.
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There are so many diversions here that the time flies by on wings.
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Think how time flies in periods of intense, purposeful activity.
time flies
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Dearest Jeanette How time flies especially when one is meant to be writing lots of letters.
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There are so many diversions here that the time flies by on wings.
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Think how time flies in periods of intense, purposeful activity.