like anything

like anything
разг.; усил.
сильно, стремительно; вовсю, изо всех сил

People are hanging on to the idea like anything. (H. G. Wells. ‘The Food of the Gods’, book I, ch. IV) — И вот на такие-то курьезы публика падка.

But he shouted like anything when Doctor Fraser examined him... (D. H. Lawrence, ‘Sons and Lovers’, ch. V) — Но Морел орал не своим голосом, когда доктор Фрейзер осматривал его...

‘I know nothing about growing oranges.’ ‘We could learn. I'd work like... anything. It might be even better for your health than Sleedon.’ (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Northern Light’, part II, ch. 6) — - Но я ничего в выращивании апельсинов не смыслю. - Мы бы научились. Я бы стала работать, как... как не знаю кто. Да и для твоего здоровья, может, там было бы лучше, чем в Слидоне.

Get divorced from Myron? Why? I'd never dream of such a thing! I love him like anything! (S. Lewis, ‘Work of Art’, ch. 21) — Развестись с Майроном? Зачем? Мне это и в голову не пришло бы. Ведь я его безумно люблю.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • like anything — 1. Very much 2. With great vigour • • • Main Entry: ↑any * * * like anything spoken phrase very much When she stuck the needle in, it hurt like anything. Thesaurus: v …   Useful english dictionary

  • like anything — {adv. phr.} To an extreme degree. * /He swore like anything when he found out that he hadn t been promoted./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • like anything — {adv. phr.} To an extreme degree. * /He swore like anything when he found out that he hadn t been promoted./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • like\ anything — adv. phr. To an extreme degree. He swore like anything when he found out that he hadn t been promoted …   Словарь американских идиом

  • like anything — spoken very much When she stuck the needle in, it hurt like anything …   English dictionary

  • like anything —  Vigorously. Very much. Expression adding emph.    ♣ I laughed like anything …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • like anything informal, — like anything informal, chiefly Brit. to a great degree. → like …   English new terms dictionary

  • like anything — (Roget s IV) , , modif. Syn. very much, exceedingly, greatly; see much 1 , very …   English dictionary for students

  • like — verb. I should like is normal in BrE and I would like in other varieties, although in practice the contracted form I d like is common, especially in speech. These forms are followed either by a to infinitive (I should like to come too) or by an… …   Modern English usage

  • anything like with negative — at all like. → anything …   English new terms dictionary

  • like — like1 [līk] adj. [ME lik, aphetic for ilik < OE gelic, similar, equal, lit., of the same form or shape, akin to Ger gleich < PGmc * galīka < * ga , prefix of uncert. meaning + * līka, body, (ON līk, Goth leik, OE lic): for IE base see… …   English World dictionary


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