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The following 38 entries include the term like a.
built like a brick shithouse
phrase: very strongly or impressively built —used especially of a person
go over like a lead balloon
phrase: to fail completely to impress or amuse other people
like a shot
phrase: very rapidly
come out/up smelling like a rose
phrase: to have success or good fortune in a situation in which one was likely to fail, be harmed, etc.
crazy like a fox
phrase: appearing foolish or strange but actually very clever
grow like a weed
phrase: to grow very quickly
have a memory/mind like a sieve
phrase: to have a very bad memory : to be unable to remember things
laugh like a drain
phrase: to laugh very hard
lie like a rug
phrase: to lie constantly : to be dishonest
like a bat out of hell
phrase: very quickly
like a broken record
phrase—used to say that someone keeps saying the same thing over and over again
like a chicken with its head cut off
phrase: excited and confused
like a demon
phrase: with intense energy
like a dream
phrase: very pleasingly or well
like a drowned rat
phrase—used to describe a person who is very wet and miserable
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