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like flies on a rib roast

like flies on a rib roast prepositional phrase: in very large numbers.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (informal, simile) In very large numbers.

Questions about like flies on a rib roast

What does like flies on a rib roast mean?
Like flies on a rib roast means in very large numbers.
What part of speech is like flies on a rib roast?
Like flies on a rib roast is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like flies on a rib roast in the dictionary

  1. like father, like son
  2. like feeding time at the zoo
  3. like ferrets in a bag
  4. like fingernails on a chalkboard
  5. like fits
  6. like flies on a rib roast
  7. like flies on pie
  8. like fuck
  9. like fudge
  10. like fun
  11. like fury

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