not annihilation like Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
built like a brick shithouse
have a strong body, have a sturdy build Tyronne plays football. He's built like a brick shithouse.
cheap like borsch
not expensive, as cheap as vegetable soup I didn't pay much for this jacket. It was cheap like borsch.
come down on like a ton of bricks
reprove, punish harshly """Whenever I make the slightest mistake, my boss comes down on me like a ton of bricks."""
crazy like a fox
crafty while appearing foolish or dumb, play the fool In the debate, he was crazy like a fox. He praised his opponent for being clever and ruthless.
drink like a fish
drink a lot of liquor every day If Hal is coming to visit, buy lots of beer. He drinks like a fish.
drop him like a hot potato
leave him, not associate with him If she finds out you're not rich, she'll drop you like a hot potato.
drop like flies
dying in great numbers, falling dead on the floor When a pox infected the tribe, people were dropping like flies.
eat like a bird
eat very little He must be sick as he has been eating like a bird during the last few weeks.
eat like a horse
eat a lot, pig out Barney eats like a horse. He has a monstrous appetite.
feel like a million dollars
feel wonderful I feel like a million dollars today so I think that I will go for a walk.
feel like a million dollars/bucks
feel wonderful Although I have been sick for a few weeks I feel like a million dollars today.
fit like a glove
fit perfectly The new pair of jeans that he bought fit like a glove.
go like stink
go fast, accelerate quickly That Mustang goes like stink. It's a fast car.
go over like a lead balloon
fail to generate a positive response The sales manager's latest proposal went over like a lead balloon at the meeting
hang on like grim death
be determined or resolute, not quit In the presidential election, Gore was hanging on like grim death.
how do you like them apples
do you like this better? do you like that choice? tough bananas If you don't like the bed, you can sleep on the floor. How do you like them apples?
know like the back of your hand
know an area well, know every feature of the land I lived here for years. I know this town like the back of my hand.
like a bat out of hell
very fast, go like stink When Harriet is late for work, she drives like a bat out of hell.
like a bolt from the blue
like a sign from heaven, like a flash of light Like a bolt from the blue, I got the idea to shave my head.
like a broken record
repeating the same sound, saying it over and over again From morning till night I hear that complaint-like a broken record!
like a dirty shirt
always there - like shirts that need to be washed If you have a garage sale, Jim will be there like a dirty shirt.
like a hot potato
(See drop him like a hot potato)
like a ton of bricks
strongly or forcefully The news of his retirement hit me like a ton of bricks.
like crazy
very fast, with great energy They were running like crazy but still they couldn
like crazy/like mad
a lot, very much, to beat the band She laughed like crazy whenever Earl told a joke.
like dog's breath
not pleasant, not popular This plan smells like dog's breath. It's a bad plan.
like father, like son
sons are like their fathers, a chip off the old block This is Fred, and this is Fred, Jr. Like father, like son.
like hell
with much effort and energy, not so, untrue I had to run like hell this morning in order to catch the bus for work.fast, go like stink That dog can run like hell.
like it or lump it
"if we do not like it, that is too bad; tough bananas" This is the supper Dad cooked for us - like it or lump it.
like mad
very fast, with great energy I worked like mad but I was unable to finish the project by noon as I had hoped.
like nobody's business
a lot, busily, like crazy The squirrel was eating nuts - chewing like nobody's business.
like the devil
quickly, too fast to see, like hell The disease spread like the devil. Soon his whole leg was swollen.
like the wind
fast and smooth, like the devil You can't catch that deer. It can run like the wind.
like water off a duck
without effect, without changing one
look like a million dollars
look well and prosperous, appear healthy and happy He was looking like a million dollars when I saw him at the party last weekend.
look like death warmed over
appear to be sick, look pale or weak Mom is not feeling well. She looks like death warmed over.
look like he was dragged through a knothole
appear to be very tired, burn out, run down After a divorce and a funeral, Anne looked like she'd been dragged through a knothole.
look like the cat that ate (swallowed) the canary
seem very self-satisified like you have just had some kind of success He looked like the cat that ate the canary when he came in with a smile on his face.
look like the cat that swallowed the canary
look very self-satisfied, look as if one just had a great success You look like the cat that swallowed the canary. What happened?
not likely
very little chance, improbable, a slim chance """Do you think we'll win the prize?"" the boy asked. ""Not likely,"" his dad replied."
nothing succeeds like success
one success leads to more success This is the first rule of learning: Nothing succeeds like success.
out like a light
fall asleep very quickly I was out like a light when I went to bed last night.
piss like a race horse
have to urinate, back teeth are floating I hope this mall has a washroom. I have to piss like a race horse.
prepare like crazy
prepare thoroughly, be ready for an event or test Before I go to a job interview I prepare like crazy.
quick like a bunny
very quick, without delay Get into bed now - quick like like a bunny!
sell like hotcakes
sell quickly, sell rapidly The tickets for the football game were selling like hotcakes when I inquired this morning.
smoke like a furnace
smoke a lot of cigarettes, chain smoke He died of lung cancer. He used to smoke like a furnace.
spread like wildfire
spread quickly, go public News of the assassination spread like wildfire.
stick out like a sore thumb
not fit or blend, look out of place The ugly painting stuck out like a sore thumb in the art gallery.
take it like a man
be brave when hurt, do not complain about problems They told him not to cry when he was hurt - to take it like a man.a face like thunder
to attending actual angry: "What's up with him today? He has a face like thunder!"
a anamnesis like an elephant
have an accomplished memory: "She won't forget, you know. She has a anamnesis like an elephant."
Alike as two peas
If bodies or things are as akin as two peas, they are identical.
all over one like a bargain suit
to acquire comprehensively, and usually intimately:"She was all over him like a bargain suit
and the like
Idiom(s):
and the likeTheme:
VARIETY
and added agnate things. (Informal.)
• Whenever we go on a picnic, we booty potato chips, hot dogs, soda pop, and the like.
• I’m actual annoyed of actuality yelled at, pushed around, and the like.
and the like|the like
n. phr. Things of a agnate nature. I like McDonald's, Wendy's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and the like. When I go out to the bank cell towels, a mat, beige lotion, and the like.
anything like
anything like
see not annihilation like.
anywhere near|anything|anything like|anywhere
adv. Nearly. Used in negative, interrogative, and codicillary sentences, generally in the abrogating forms "nothing like" or "nowhere near". It's not annihilation like as hot today as it was yesterday. Do you anticipate that gold arena is account anywhere abreast a hundred dollars? Today's bold was nowherenear as agitative as yesterday's game. Studying that assignment should booty annihilation like two hours.
as acceptable as not
as acceptable as not
see like as not.
as acceptable as not|likely
adv. phr. Probably. As acceptable as not, he will abandon forever.
avoid like the plague
Idiom(s): avoid sb or sth like the plague
Theme: AVOIDANCE
to abstain addition or article totally. (Informal.)
• What's amiss with Bob? Everyone avoids him like the plague.
• I don't like opera. I abstain it like the plague.
be like a cat on a hot tin roof
restless or jumpy: "He's like a cat on a hot tin roof with all this allocution about redundancies."
be like book and cheese
be absolutely different: "I don't apperceive why they got affiliated - they're like book and cheese."
be like peas in a pod
be identical to someone: "Those two are like peas in a pod."
bleed like a ashore pig
to drain profusely
built like a brick shithouse
have a able body, accept a athletic body Tyronne plays football. He's congenital like a brick shithouse.
cheap like borsch
not expensive, as bargain as vegetable soup I didn't pay abundant for this jacket. It was bargain like borsch.
chillin' like a villain
no worries
come down on like a ton of bricks
reprove, abuse agonizingly """Whenever I accomplish the aboriginal mistake, my bang-up comes down on me like a ton of bricks."""
come down on like a ton of bricks|brick|bricks|com
v. phr., slang To absolute one's abounding acrimony at somebody. When the attendant was backward for work, the administrator came down on him like a ton of bricks.
come on like gangbusters
Idiom(s): come on like gangbusters
Theme: BEHAVIOR - WILD
to access bodies in a agrarian and agitative manner; to assume actual alive and ambitious back abutting people.
• Why is she so unpolished? She comes on like gangbusters and frightens bodies away.
• The bodies in this boondocks assume to appear on like gangbusters, and they assume actual abrupt at first.
come up smelling like a rose|come|rose|smell|smell
v. phr. To escape from a difficult bearings or criminality safe or afterwards punishment. A is predicted that Congressman Brown, in animosity of the accepted analysis into his banking affairs, will appear up smelling like a rose at the end.
come up smelling like roses
Idiom(s): come up smelling like roses
Theme: SUCCESS
to end up attractive acceptable or admirable afterwards actuality complex in some difficult or belled affair.
• It was a awful political campaign, but both candidates came up smelling like roses.
• I was not afraid that my aldermanic adumbrative came up smelling like roses afterwards his colleagues advised him.
crazy like a fox
crafty while actualization absurd or dumb, comedy the fool In the debate, he was crazy like a fox. He accepted his adversary for actuality able and ruthless.
Dogs of the aforementioned artery case alike.
People from the aforementioned accomplishments accept the aforementioned behaviour.
drink like a fish
drink a lot of liquor every day If Hal is advancing to visit, buy lots of beer. He drinks like a fish.
drink like a fish|drink|fish
v. phr. To booze (alcoholic beverages) in abundant quantities; to be absorbed to alcohol. John is a nice guy but, unfortunately, he drinks like a fish.
drive like Jehu|Jehu|drive
v. phr., informal To drive actual fast, abominably or recklessly. When Joe is backward for work, he drives like Jehu.
drop him like a hot potato
leave him, not accessory with him If she finds out you're not rich, she'll bead you like a hot potato.
drop like a hot potato
drop like a hot potato
see hot potato.
drop like flies
dying in abundant numbers, falling asleep on the attic Back a pox adulterated the tribe, bodies were bottomward like flies.
Dropped like a hot cake
If article is alone like a hot cake, it is alone or disposed of actual quickly.
Dropping Like Flies
A ample cardinal of bodies either falling ill or dying.
eat like a bird
eat actual little He charge be ailing as he has been bistro like a bird during the aftermost few weeks.
eat like a bird|bird|eat
v. phr. To eat actual little; accept little appetite. Mrs. Benson is on a diet and she eats like a bird. Alice's mother is afraid about her; she eats like a bird and is actual thin.
Antonym: EAT LIKE A HORSE.
eat like a horse
eat a lot, pig out Barney eats like a horse. He has a aberrant appetite.
eat like a horse|eat|horse
v. phr. To eat a lot; eat hungrily. The harvesters formed into the evening, and afresh came in and ate like horses.
Antonym: EAT LIKE A BIRD.
Eat like a pig
If some eats like a pig, they either eat too abundant or they accept bad table manners.
Every ass brand to apprehend himself bray
This agency that bodies like the complete of their own voice.
Every ass brand to apprehend himself bray.
People like to accept to themselves talking.
Face like thunder
If addition has a face like thunder, they are acutely actual affronted or agitated about something.
feel like
1.seem like to the touch摸起来如同
This new manmade actual feels like absolute leather.这种新的人造材料摸起来如同真皮革。
I'm captivation article that feels like a potato.我拿着一个摸上去像土豆的东西。
2. feel as if one is感觉象是
I acquainted like a fool at that moment.我那一会儿好像是个呆子。
I acquainted like an idiot back I answered wrong.当我答错时,我自觉像是个白痴。
3.be absorbed to;have the admiration to想要
Do you feel like a swim?你想游泳吗?
I feel like demography a walk.Would you like to go with me?我想去散散步,你愿和我一起去吗?
I acquainted like bedlam at the joke.听了这个笑话,我想笑。
feel like a million
be in the best of bloom and spirits精神旺盛
He had a cephalalgia bygone but feels like a actor dollars today.他昨天还头痛,但今天却感到精神很好。
feel like a actor (dollars)
be in the best of bloom and spirits精神旺盛
He had a cephalalgia bygone but feels like a actor dollars today.他昨天还头痛,但今天却感到精神很好。
feel like a actor dollars
feel admirable I feel like a actor dollars today so I anticipate that I will go for a walk.
feel like a actor dollars/bucks
feel admirable Although I accept been ailing for a few weeks I feel like a actor dollars today.
feel like a million|a million|dollar|dollars|feel|
v. phr., informal To be in the best of bloom and spirits. I feel like a actor this morning. He had a cephalalgia bygone but feels like a actor dollars today.
Compare: LOOK LIKE A MILLION.
feel like a new man|a new man|feel like|man
v. phr. To feel healthy, vigorous, and able-bodied afresh afterwards a above concrete affliction or affecting upheaval. Ted acquainted like a new man afterwards his acknowledged affection bypass operation.
feel like a new person
Idiom(s): feel like a new person
Theme: FEELING - RENEWAL
to feel active and renewed, abnormally afterwards accepting able-bodied or accepting dressed up.
• I bought a new suit, and now I feel like a new person.
• Bob acquainted like a new being back he got out of the hospital.
feel like death
feel like death
see look like death.