like flies to manure

like flies to manure
like flies to manure
Rur. eagerly gathering in large numbers. (Has unpleasant connotations because of the reference to manure.) •

Look at all them folks going to the freak show like flies to manure.

The reporters hovered around the movie star like flies to manure.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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