| 单词 | like the devil |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslike the devil a. like the devil, like devils, †as a devil and variants: with the speed, energy, violence, desperation, cleverness, or other quality attributed to devils or the Devil; extremely, excessively. Cf. diabolically adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > extremely like mada1375 with a mischief1538 (as) — as anything1542 with a vengeance1568 with a siserary1607 (to be pleased) to a feathera1616 in (the) extremea1616 with the vengeance1693 to a degree1740 like hell1776 like the devil1791 like winky1830 like billy-o1885 (like) seven shades of ——1919 like a bandit1943 on wheels1943 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1976 (MED) He..driues in at þat dore as a deuel of helle. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xliv. l. 558 (MED) As A devel So fawht he than. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. K.iiijv One doth another tell Se how he fedeth, lyke the deuyll of hell Our parte he eteth. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. vii. 147 They will eate like Wolues, and fight like Deuils . View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 345 The distressed Protestants..over whom they domineered like Divells. 1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship ix. 42 My horse..pulls like the devil. 1850 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Representative Men vi. 245 He disputed like a devil on these two points. 1871 J. Hay Pike County Ballads 22 It gravels me like the devil to train Along o' sich fools as you. 1906 J. K. Bangs R. Holmes & Co. viii. 161 It was bitterly cold up around Fortieth Street, snowing like the devil. 1997 J. Wilson Lottie Project (1998) 111 If only I had a warm woolly shawl and mittens! I have chilblains that throb and itch like the devil. < as lemmas |
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