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81like mad — informal if something hurts like mad it hurts very much, and if you do something like mad you do it very quickly and with a lot of force. This cut stings like mad. I braked like mad but couldn t stop in time and hit the car in front …
82like a dose of salts — go through (someone/something) like a dose of salts old fashioned if something you eat goes through your body like a dose of salts, it goes through you very quickly. Those beans went through me like a dose of salts …
83like a dream — if something or someone does something like a dream, they do it very well. Everything had happened as it was meant to. Oscar s plan had worked like a dream. Our new car goes like a dream …
84something — 1. pronoun /ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/lang=en a) An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing. I must have forgotten to pack something, but I cant think what. b) (of someone or something) A quality to a moderate …
85like blue blazes — American & Australian, old fashioned if someone or something does something like blue blazes, they do it a lot. This sweater itches like blue blazes …
86like — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. similar, resembling, characteristic. See similarity. v. t. enjoy, desire, fancy. See pleasure, love, approbation. Ant., different, dissimilar; dislike. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. similar, same,… …
87like — Synonyms and related words: Amor, Christian love, Eros, Platonic love, admiration, admire, adoration, adore, adulate, affection, after this fashion, agape, agnate, aim at, akin, alike, all one, all the same, allied, ally, along these lines, alter …
88like — int Speech punctuation. Hey, man, why are you, like, trying to,like, get me, like, to do something, like, I don t like. 1960s …
89like a headless chicken — British, American if you do something like a headless chicken, you do it very quickly and without thinking carefully about what you are doing. I ve got so much work to do I ve been running around like a headless chicken all week. (usually in… …
90(like the) back of one's hand — If you know something like the back of your hand, you are very familiar with it and know it in detail. Of course I won t get lost. I know London like the back of my hand! …
