“like a”

The following 35 entries include the term like a.

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come out/up smelling like a rose

idiom

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

crazy like a fox

idiom

: appearing foolish or strange but actually very clever

grow like a weed

idiom

: to grow very quickly

have a memory/mind like a sieve

idiom

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

laugh like a drain

idiom

: to laugh very hard

lie like a rug

idiom

: to lie constantly : to be dishonest

like a bat out of hell

idiom

: very quickly

like a broken record

idiom

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

like a chicken with its head cut off

idiom

: excited and confused

like a demon

idiom

: with intense energy

like a dream

idiom

: very pleasingly or well

like a drowned rat

idiom

used to describe a person who is very wet and miserable

like a fiend

idiom

used to say that someone does a lot of something

like a hole in the head

idiom

: not at all used with need to say that someone doesn't at all need something

like a (hot) knife through butter

idiom

: very quickly and easily

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