“like a”

The following 38 entries include the term like a.

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built like a brick shithouse

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: very strongly or impressively built used especially of a person

go over like a lead balloon

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: to fail completely to impress or amuse other people

like a shot

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: very rapidly

come out/up smelling like a rose

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: to have success or good fortune in a situation in which one was likely to fail, be harmed, etc.

crazy like a fox

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: appearing foolish or strange but actually very clever

grow like a weed

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: to grow very quickly

have a memory/mind like a sieve

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: to have a very bad memory : to be unable to remember things

laugh like a drain

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: to laugh very hard

lie like a rug

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: to lie constantly : to be dishonest

like a bat out of hell

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: very quickly

like a broken record

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used to say that someone keeps saying the same thing over and over again

like a chicken with its head cut off

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: excited and confused

like a demon

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: with intense energy

like a dream

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: very pleasingly or well

like a drowned rat

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used to describe a person who is very wet and miserable

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