like grim death
With savage determination or persistence.
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like hot cakes
Synonym of quickly, especially in the context of sales or consumption.
like it's going out of style
Of engaging in an activity: enthusiastically; to an excessive degree.
like kicking dead whales down the beach
Very slow and difficult.
like like
To fancy; to be romantically or sexually attracted to.
like molasses
Very slowly and gradually.
like mushrooms
Very quickly and in great quantity.
like nobody's business
In an extreme manner; excessively; like crazy.
like of
To be pleased with; to approve of.
like old boots
Synonym of like anything (“with plenty of effort, speed, etc.”).
like one needs a hole in the head
not (needed) at all
like one o'clock
Very quickly or vigorously.
like one owns the place
With a sense of arrogant superiority.
like peas and carrots
Getting along very well; being compatible; like a house on fire.
like pulling teeth
Having difficulty in getting a person or item to act in a desired fashion; reference to a difficult task.
like rats from a sinking ship
Quickly but futilely, away from a failing project.
like rats in a sack
Engaged in vicious combat or dispute.
like riding a bike
Said of a skill that, once learned, is never forgotten.
like robbing a baby
Synonym of like taking candy from a baby.
like shelling peas
Repetitive, but very easy.
like shooting fish in a barrel
Extremely easy; sometimes with a connotation of triumph but at other times with a connotation of being meaningless and unsatisfying.
like sin
Very much, or very hard; strongly.
like stink on shit
In very close proximity; following closely.
like strange bulldogs
Wary and unfriendly; on the verge of a fight.
like taking candy from a baby
Very easy to achieve.
like the back end of a bus
Very unattractive.
like the bottom of a birdcage
Very foul-tasting; said of a person's mouth after heavy drinking etc.
like the cat that got the cream
Very satisfied and happy.
like the clappers
Very hard or very rapidly.
like the new time
Furiously or vigorously, repeatedly.
like the wind
Quickly, at a high speed.
like the wrath of God
Very bad or unpleasant.
like throwing a hot dog down a hallway
Used to describe penetrative sex with a woman who has a large, spacious vagina.
like turkeys voting for an early Christmas
Synonym of like turkeys voting for Christmas.
like turkeys voting for Christmas
Self-defeating; serving to bring about a situation detrimental to the performer of the action.
like two peas in a pod
Very similar; a couple made for each other.
like water
Abundantly; consumed rapidly or found in great quantity.
like winkin
Very quickly.
like winking
Very rapidly; in a flash.
likker up
Synonym of liquor up.
lil bro
Diminutive of bro, a smaller or younger boy or man.
lily
White (as a racial epithet).
lily-white
Of the Caucasian race; white.
limb of the law
A lawyer, or clerk articled to that profession.
limber as a dishrag
Extremely limber or flexible
limber up
To stretch one's muscles to make them more limber, usually as a preparation for physical exercise.
limbo
Jail, prison; (countable) a jail cell or lockup.
limby
An amputee, especially one who has lost a leg.
lime disease
Hypersensitivity to ultraviolet radiation, causing pus-filled rashes, caused by furanocoumarins in lime juice. Furanocoumarins damage DNA when activated by UV.
lime-juicer
An English or British sailor or ship.
limeyland
England, or the United Kingdom.
liming
Hanging around, usually in a public place with friends, enjoying the scene.
limit out
To attempt to hunt a large, perhaps unreasonable, amount of game in a single season.
limp
To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
limp dick
A weak person.
limp in
Before the flop, to call as opposed to raising.
limp of the wrist
A nature, usually of a man, indicating effeminate qualities or characteristics perceived to be homosexual in nature.
limp reraise
A reraise which was made by a player who previously called on the same betting round.
limp-dick
A weak male.
limp-wristed
Limp, weak by nature; lacking strength.