caer como chinches

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, "to fall like bedbugs".

Verb

caer como chinches (first-person singular present caigo como chinches, first-person singular preterite caí como chinches, past participle caído como chinches)

(idiomatic, simile) to drop like flies

Further reading

“caer, o morir, como chinches”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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