| 单词 | like a demon |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslike a demon b. like a demon: very energetically or assiduously; in a very skilful or thorough way; with great endurance. Frequently in to work like a demon. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] twig1573 to go at ——1675 to go it1794 to come it1796 to lay it on thick1806 to blaze away1826 bushwhack1837 steam1842 split1844 rustle1882 to work like a demon1884 yank1888 go-at-it1904 to go somea1911 to put a jerk in it1919 to go (also do) one's (also a) dinger1923 to work (etc.) one's ass off1924 to go to town1933 to gie (or give) it laldy1974 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > with great vigour or energy with (also in) mood and maineOE vigour13.. with or by (all one's) might and mainc1330 with (one's) forcec1380 like anything1665 hammer and tongs1708 like stour1787 (in) double tides1788 like blazes1818 like winking1827 with a will1827 like winky1830 like all possessed1833 in a big way1840 like (or worse than) sin1840 full swing1843 like a Trojan1846 like one o'clock1847 like sixty1848 like forty1852 like wildfire1857 like old boots1865 like blue murder1867 like steam1905 like stink1929 like one thing1938 like a demon1945 up a storm1953 1884 M. E. Braddon Ishmael I. vii. 117 He was idle and irregular in his life, worked with fury for a couple of days, and then left off for three, or worked like a demon for a morning, and spent the whole afternoon out of doors. 1931 M. Moore Let. 24 June in Sel. Lett. (1997) 257 I take my jeroba up there and am working like a demon to complete it. 1945 T. Raddall Tambour 154 MacNeill backskating like a demon, swung in and pokechecked shrewdly. 1970 E. Kübler-Ross On Death & Dying (1973) viii. 130 I could work like a demon. I had fellows that came to my house and told my wife that I worked too hard. 2006 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 9 July 9/1 I'm actually a real girly girl. I get my nails and hair done, and shop like a demon. < as lemmas |
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