in+like+manner
41Like mad — Mad Mad, a. [Compar. {Madder}; superl. {Maddest}.] [AS. gem?d, gem[=a]d, mad; akin to OS. gem?d foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. mei?a to hurt, Goth. gam[ a]ids weak, broken. ?.] 1. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane. [1913 Webster] I have heard… …
42like nobody's business — adverb In an extreme manner; rapidly; excessively; like crazy. His customers reimburse him for the equipment he buys, but it looks like he spends money like nobodys business …
43like water off a duck's back — 1. adjective Without immediate or lasting effects. Scandal after scandal would break, but it would be like water off a ducks back; no heads rolled, and no one seemed particularly perturbed. 2. adverb In a manner which has no effect; immediately… …
44like the devil — in an evil manner, in a fiendish manner …
45like — I. a. 1. Similar, resembling, analogous, allied, parallel, cognate, of a piece. 2. Equal, same. 3. Likely, probable. II. n. 1. Equal. 2. Preference, partiality, liking. III. ad …
46like a hole in the head — {adv. phr.} Not at all; scarcely; grudgingly; in an unwelcome manner. * /Joan needs her mother in law to stay with her for a week like a hole in the head./ …
47like a hole in the head — {adv. phr.} Not at all; scarcely; grudgingly; in an unwelcome manner. * /Joan needs her mother in law to stay with her for a week like a hole in the head./ …
48like gangbusters — adverb Vigorously, rapidly, zealously, or forcibly; in a manner which has considerable impact. Put an actress in knock out clothes and shell come through like gangbusters …
49like a chicken with the pip — adverb In a weakened, confused, or sickly manner. Then Condy promptly got the hiccoughs from drinking his tea too fast, and fretted up and down the room like a chicken with the pip …
50like a chicken with its head cut off — adverb In a frantic, disorganized manner. His idea of it was that he had been making a fool of himself, running around like a chicken with its head cut off such was the simile that occurred to him …
