like moths to a flame

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like moths to a flame (literary)

if people gather round someone like moths to a flame, they try to be near someone who seems very attractive or very interesting

Usage notes: Moths are small flying insects that are attracted to bright light.

I never understood why people flocked around him like moths to a flame.

See also: flame, like, moth

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Attracted to the new breed of global client like moths to a flame, there is every danger of ignoring fundamental tenets of architecture in favour of show-off designs which lack the integrity of work by Hadid or Koolhaas, for example, where engineering experimentation is part of an extraordinary new architectural story. Spanning cultural difference by Finch, Paul / The Architectural Review ORGANISERS of an event with a difference hope visitors will be attracted like moths to a flame - because that is what the evening is all about. South City News: Moth fans are all aflutter for big night; HARBORNE by Birmingham Mail (England) The cover, featuring a painting of a ship on fire, will draw readers like moths to a flame. Cadnum, Michael. Ship of fire by Rohrlick, Paula / Kliatt			like blue blazes Like breeds like like clockwork like crazy like death like death warmed over like father, like son like fighting snakes like flies to manure like gangbusters like gold dust like greased lightning like hell like hell and high lightning like herding frogs like I said like it or lump it Like it or lump it! like it was going out of style like it's going out of fashion Like it's such a big deal! like lambs to the slaughter like looking for a needle in a haystack like mad Like mother, like daughter like moths to a flame like nailing jelly to the wall like nobody's business like nothing on earth like one of the family like peas in a pod like pigs to the slaughter like pulling teeth like shelling peas like shooting fish in a barrel like stealing acorns from a blind pig like stink like taking candy from a baby like the cat that got the cream like the clappers like the devil like the wind like there's no tomorrow like to hear oneself talk like tryin' to scratch your ear with your elbow like turkeys voting for Christmas like water off a duck's back like wildfire like, you know likely likely as not			like I was saying like it or lump it like it or lump it Like it or lump it! like it was going out of style like it's going out of fashion Like it's such a big deal! like kicking dead whales down the beach Like Kind and Quality Like Kind Exchange Like Kind Exchange Like Kind Exchanges Like Kind Properties Like Kind Property like kings Like Lambs To The Slaughter like lightning like lightning like lightning like looking for a needle in a haystack like mad like mad like mad like mad like mad like mad Like Minded Gamers Like Minded People Like Mother, Like Daughter Like Mother, Like Daughter like moths to a flame Like My Status like nailing jelly to a tree like nailing jelly to the wall Like New Like New In Box Like New in Pouch Like New Original Box Like New With Box Like No Other like nobody's business like nothing on earth like one of the family like peas in a pod like peas in a pod like peas in a pod like peas in a pod like pigs to the slaughter Like Polarization like pulling teeth like quality like rats abandoning a sinking ship like ripe plums like ripe plums like ripe plums like ripe plums like ripe plums like royalty like shelling peas Like Shooting Fish in A Barrel Like Shooting Fish in A Barrel

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