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like anything
Idioms and Phrases
Extremely, vigorously, as in She cried like anything when the dog died . This idiom probably substitutes anything for a swear word. [ Colloquial ; late 1600s]Example Sentences
But it turns out, like anything, it gets easier when you stop worrying about perfection and just start playing.
Yielding quotable phrases like “Anything for Selenas,” or relatable scenes depicting her family’s fraught relationship with their hybrid Mexican American identity, “Selena” continues to stand the test of time — and remains one of the few cinematic depictions of the pop star approved by her family.
It’s a mixed bag, just like anything that reaches a lot of people.
Singh adds: "I think nobody could say that the proposal for Old Trafford is like anything else. I think avoiding anonymity was probably a key consideration."
"It wasn't like anything else, like the smell from rubbish or an animal corpse," she said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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