In phrases of comparison, often expressing fury or violence (cf. A. 3): e.g. as (if) he (etc.) were wood; asor like wood (cf. mad, adj. phrases 1).
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [phrase] > with fierce or furious violence (5) as or like woodc1220 In phrases of comparison, often expressing fury or violence (cf. A. 3): e.g. as (if) he (etc.) were wood; asor like wood (cf. mad, adj. phrases 1). for woodc1275 (a) madness; (b) in for wood (see for-, prefix1 affix 2a), ‘like mad’, madly, furiously. wood1297 With qualification, as half, near (nigh), worse than, etc., the combined phrase becoming virtually equivalent to one of the derived senses below. for mada1375 like mad: (literally) in the manner of one who is mad; (hence) furiously, with excessive violence or enthusiasm; now often (colloquial) in weakened… like mada1375 like mad: (literally) in the manner of one who is mad; (hence) furiously, with excessive violence or enthusiasm; now often (colloquial) in weakened… |
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