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TAKE THE QUIZ“like a”
The following 35 entries include the term like a.
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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