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like cheese at fourpenceOf a person, to be waiting idly or timewasting.Rate it:

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like clockworkWith perfect regularity and precision; faultless.Rate it:

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like crackVery addicting.Rate it:

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like crazyTo a great or excessive degree; with great speed, output, enthusiasm, etc.Rate it:

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like death warmed overIll, unwell.Rate it:

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like drinking through a fire hoseUsed to express the challenge of assimilating a large amount of information quicklyRate it:

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like father, like sonA son will have traits similar to his father upon reaching adulthood.Rate it:

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like feeding time at the zooExtremely frenetic, disorderly and messy.Rate it:

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like gangbustersVigorously, rapidly, zealously, or forcibly; in a manner which has considerable impact.Rate it:

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like giving away ice in the winter!I was "googlingi" this phrase that I heard on TV today (9/4/2020) because I've never heard it before! I believe it has a similar meaning as: "Like selling ice to Eskimos"Rate it:

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like gold dustIf things or people are like gold dust, they are difficult to get because a lot of people want them.Rate it:

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like hot cakesQuickly, especially by purchase or consumption.Rate it:

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like it or leave itAlternative form of like it or lump itRate it:

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like it or lump itTo accept a situation whether one agrees with it or not.Rate it:

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Like it or Lump itSomething that is certain to happen, whether one likes it or notRate it:

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like it's going out of styleEnthusiastically, to an excessive degree.Rate it:

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like mother, like daughterA daughter will have traits similar to her mother upon reaching adulthood.Rate it:

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like nobody's businessIn an extreme manner; rapidly; excessively; like crazy.Rate it:

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like nobody's businessExtremely fast; crazy.Rate it:

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like ofTo be pleased with.Rate it:

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like one's life depended on itdesperatelyRate it:

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Like Pulling TeethTo feel great difficulty in doing somethingRate it:

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like rats from a sinking shipQuickly but in futility, away from a failing projectRate it:

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like riding a bikeSaid of skill that, once learned, is never forgotten.Rate it:

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like shelling peasrepetitive, but very easy.Rate it:

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like shit through a goosevery fastRate it:

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like shooting fish in a barrelTo imply that something is very easy. Can be used sarcastically to mean the oppositeRate it:

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like shooting fish in a barrelExtremely easy.Rate it:

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like speaking to a brick walla saying used of the difficulty of talking to someone who is not listeningRate it:

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like taking candy from a babyEasy to achieve.Rate it:

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like talking to a wallOf an attempt at communication: unsuccessful because of the ignorance or stubbornness of the other party.Rate it:

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like the back end of a busVery unattractive.Rate it:

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like the cat that got the creamlook very satisfied and happy.Rate it:

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like the clappersVery hard or very rapidly.Rate it:

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like the new timeFuriously or vigorously, repeatedly.Rate it:

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like the sound of one's own voiceTo talk a lot.Rate it:

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like the windquickly, at a high speed.Rate it:

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like there is no tomorrowto an excessive degree, desperately, very quickly or very muchRate it:

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like there was no tomorrowAlternative form of as if there were no tomorrowRate it:

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like turkeys voting for an early ChristmasAlternative form of like turkeys voting for Christmas.Rate it:

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like turkeys voting for ChristmasSelf-defeating or serving to bring about a situation detrimental to the person performing the action.Rate it:

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Like Two Peas in a PodHaving same appearance and looks, to be alike in structure and physiqueRate it:

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like two peas in a podvery similar; a couple made for each otherRate it:

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like wading through treacleIncredibly slow going, or not going anywhere.Rate it:

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like water off a duck's backWithout immediate or lasting effects.Rate it:

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like white on riceInseparable; in very close proximity; following closely.Rate it:

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like white on riceInseparably; in very close proximity.Rate it:

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like, whoa!Slow down; stop; you are going too fast.Rate it:

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lionA large cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly to much of Europe. The term may apply to the species as a whole, to individuals, or to male individuals. It also applies to related species like mountain lions.Rate it:

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look likeTo seem.Rate it:

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