like hell
English
Prepositional phrase
- (intensifier, mildly vulgar) In a manner that uses all of the strength, speed, or effort that a person can summon.
- You'd better run like hell!
- 2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- He had an innate honesty and humility, a work ethic that elevated him above most others in England. He knew what he wanted and worked like hell to try to make it happen.
- (negator, mildly vulgar) Used ironically to express the opposite of one's intentions.
- Me do the washing up? Like hell I will!
- (mildly vulgar) Bad or badly.
- You look like hell!
- It stank like hell down there!
Synonyms
- (ironic negator): like fuck, like shit, my ass, my arse, my butt, my eye, my foot, my thigh; see Thesaurus:bullshit
Translations
using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon
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expressing the opposite of one's intentions
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