Thick and fast
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This week’s English for football is thick and fast. When someone says, ‘Things are coming thick and fast‘, they mean that a lot of things are happening at the same time. There is a feeling that too much is happening and it is hard to cope. In football, you could say that the shots came thick and fast, or the games are coming thick and fast. In England the Christmas and New Year season is a time when a lot of games are played. At this time of year, the games come thick and fast.
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