Translations for „ninepins“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

ninepins [ˈnaɪnpɪnz] N pl

ninepins Brit:

ninepins

kręgle mpl

Phrases:

to be going [or falling] down like ninepins

padać jak muchy

Usage examples with ninepins

to be going [or falling] down like ninepins

padać jak muchy

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They talk in the sheds about how he bowled over champ after champ like ninepins.

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Our boys were falling like ninepins, but it was even worse for them.

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Her husband bought his shop with her dowry, goes to the alehouse at every opportunity and squanders his money playing ninepins.

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As firms fell like ninepins around them, canny chief executives demanded new clauses in their contracts that guaranteed the equivalent of lottery wins if their firms were taken over.

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