a fiumi

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “at rivers”.

Adverb

a fiumi

1. in abundance; profusely

   Synonyms: a bizzeffe, in abbondanza, a iosa, in gran copia, profusamente, effusamente

   • 2012, John Green, translated by Giorgia Grilli, Colpa delle Stelle [The Fault in our Stars], Mondadori, page 153:

     Ho preso il portatile da sotto il letto, mi sono collegata a internet e sono andata alla sua pagina, dove le condoglianze stavano già arrivando a fiumi.

     I got my laptop out from under the bed and fired it up and went onto his wall page, where already the condolences were flooding in.

     (literally, “I got the laptop from under the bed, connected to the Internet and went to his page, where the condolences were already coming in profusely.”)