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like a dog with a boneStubborn; persistent; relentless; doggedRate it:

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like a duck takes to waterVery naturally; without effort.Rate it:

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like a duck to waterAlternative form of like a duck takes to waterRate it:

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like a fish out of watercompletely out of the comfort zone.Rate it:

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like a hawkWith particular vigilance or attention, implying sharp vision.Rate it:

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like a hot knife through buttervery quickly and easily doneRate it:

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like a kid in a candy storeElated or excited as a result of having many options to choose from.Rate it:

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like a lamb to the slaughterhelplessly and innocently, without knowing the unpleasant consequences.Rate it:

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like a manbravely, decisively and without complainingRate it:

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like a martin to his gourdStraight, unerringly, directly.Rate it:

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like a million bucksExtremely good or well.Rate it:

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like a million dollarsExtremely good or well.Rate it:

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like a moth to a flameIt’s an expression that indicates you’re drawn to something that will harm youRate it:

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like a phoenix from the ashesWith the power to triumph difficulties.Rate it:

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like a sphinxAn expressionless face which conceals a secret.Rate it:

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like a ton of bricksVery strongly; very heavily; often unexpectedly.Rate it:

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like a trainWith unstoppable momentum.Rate it:

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like all get outLike nobody's business; The utmost degree possible.Rate it:

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like buzzards on a gut wagonTo get right on something. To do something promptly.Rate it:

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like chalk and cheeseAlternative form of different as chalk and cheese.Rate it:

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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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