Definition von like like im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- To fancy
Do you just like her or do you like like her?.
- -like
- Having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns)
- I like pie
- You are stupid; said as if lowering oneself to an equally moronic state of mind
I like pie.
- I'd like to have sex with you
- Indicates that the speaker would like to engage in sexual activities with the listener
- I'd like to know
- Polite request
I'd like to know more about the graduate admissions process.
- Unix-like
- Said of a computer operating system that behaves closely to Unix. Often used to describe systems which do not qualify for use of the Unix trademark
NetBSD provides its users with a free Unix-like system..
- Unix-like
- Said of a computer program having design principles consistent with those of Unix
This program is much more Unix-like: it operates on standard I/O instead of prompting the user for filenames..
- and the like
- And other similar items
- as you like
- A way of agreeing to something that you do not really agree with
So, we'll buy the green one, then? Reply. As you like.
- ate like a bird
- Simple past of eat like a bird
- ate like a horse
- Simple past of eat like a horse
- avoid like the plague
- Shun, or evade if at all possible
- be like
- To be similar to something
They must be like the last group who stayed.
- be like
- To say
If he's like I don't want to, then be like Pretty please! - it means a lot to me.
- bollocks more like
- Rubbish; nonsense
Bollocks more like, returned Smith. He was loving the moment, revelling in getting the upper hand.
- breed like rabbits
- To breed very rapidly, to have many children
- built like a brick shithouse
- Having an athletic or muscular body; often implying also having large breasts and/or an attractive body. "Over built" for the purpose. More effectively, or handsomely built than is strictly necessary
- built like a brick shithouse
- Exceptionally well constructed; strong or tough
- built like a brick shithouse
- Having a muscular body, particularly with well developed muscles of the chest and arms
- built like a tank
- Broad shouldered and of solid, muscular build
Standing 6'8 and built like a tank, Adam was not a man to be messed with.
- built like a tank
- Sturdy; exceptionally well constructed
- cheap like borscht
- Very inexpensive
- come out smelling like a rose
- Alternative form of smell like a rose
- come up smelling like a rose
- Alternative form of smell like a rose
- cry like a baby
- To bawl unabashedly and pitifully
When I cracked-up my new Corvette, I cried like a baby.
- cry like a little girl
- To bawl unabashedly and pitifully
- cut like a knife
- To sting severely, to cause a sensation of stinging, especially said of cold weather
To my small hands, the bitter wind cuts like a knife, freezing my fingers and numbing my circulation.''.
- cut like a knife
- To be very sharp (of a character, or remark)
- drink like a fish
- To drink alcohol heavily
- drop like flies
- Die en masse, one after the other
- eat like a bird
- To eat small amounts
- eat like a horse
- to consume a large amount of food
- eat like a pig
- To chew noisily, with one's mouth open, or with much greed
- eaten like a bird
- Past participle of eat like a bird
- eaten like a horse
- Past participle of eat like a horse
- eatin' like a bird
- Eye dialect spelling of eating like a bird
- eating like a bird
- Present participle of eat like a bird
- eating like a horse
- Present participle of eat like a horse
- eats like a bird
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eat like a bird
- eats like a horse
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eat like a horse
- eel-like
- Resembling an eel by having a long, serpentine body
- face like a bag of spanners
- A very ugly face
More wrinkles than a tortoise, face like a bag of spanners.
- feel like
- to have a desire for something, or to do something
- fit like a glove
- To be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size
This dress fits like a glove. How did you know my size?.
- float like a butterfly
- To move effortlessly and in an agile fashion
- fuck like rabbits
- to have copious amounts of sex
Hell, man, my girlfriend and I fuck like rabbits. It's great.
- get on like a house on fire
- To immediately start a good relationship with someone
Those two met last Saturday at the party, and because they were both into juggling they get on like a house on fire.
- go over like a lead balloon
- To fail to gain acceptance: to be received poorly
- goes over like a lead balloon
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of go over like a lead balloon
- going over like a lead balloon
- Present participle of go over like a lead balloon
- gone over like a lead balloon
- Past participle of go over like a lead balloon
- grin like a Cheshire cat
- To smile broadly, especially in a self-satisfied way
John ended the set with a beautiful serve, an ace, and could not help grinning like a Cheshire cat.
- grow like Topsy
- To grow rapidly and out of control
Why has National Strategies been allowed to grow like Topsy in some respects, and at the same time become even more complex, making it difficult for teachers to take in the amount of guidance that they receive?.
- had a memory like a sieve
- Simple past tense and past participle of have a memory like a sieve
- had a mind like a sieve
- Simple past tense and past participle of have a mind like a sieve
- has a memory like a sieve
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of have a memory like a sieve
- has a mind like a sieve
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of have a mind like a sieve
- have a memory like a sieve
- Alternative form of have a mind like a sieve
- have a mind like a sieve
- To have a poor memory; to have difficulty remembering things
Oh, that's right. You said that yesterday, didn't you? I have a mind like a sieve.
- having a memory like a sieve
- Present participle of have a memory like a sieve
- having a mind like a sieve
- Present participle of have a mind like a sieve
- hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
- A woman will make someone suffer if they reject her
- hello yourself, and see how you like it
- A response to being greeted with "hello"
- how do you like them apples
- Used after an actual or proposed action with which the listener might be displeased. Also used after refuting an argument
I can't give you a raise now; if I did, this whole company would go bankrupt, and you wouldn't have a job at all. Now how do you like them apples?.
- how do you like them apples
- directed jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing the situation
Our governor has just vetoed a bill that would offer more money to our schools. How do you like them apples?.
- hung like a donkey
- Having a large penis
- hung like a horse
- Having a large penis
- hydrogen-like
- having a single electron
- if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
- If a person is familiar with a certain, single subject/has with them a certain, single instrument, they may have a confirmation bias to believe that it is the answer to/involved in everything
- if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
- With limited tools, single-minded people apply them inappropriately or indiscriminately
- if you like
- So to speak, like; used to indicate that a description is not standard
This band's genre can be described as, if you like, New Wave or Post-Punk.
- if you like
- Please, kindly; used in giving a non-concrete instruction
But imagine, if you like, a world where climate change did not exist.
- just like that
- unexpectedly, without warning
We were jogging slowly in the park when, just like that, she collapsed.
- just like that
- In that manner
- kick like a mule
- To have a very strong physical effect
This Russian drink tastes foul, but it kicks like a mule.
- know like the back of one's hand
- To be intimately knowledgeable about something, especially a place
He knows the software like the back of his hand, and can often solve problems over the phone, without looking.
- laugh like a drain
- To laugh with a loud, coarse sound
- laugh like a hyena
- To laugh hysterically
- like
- To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity
We like to keep one around the office just in case.
- like
- To please
His countenance likes me not.
- like
- similar
and this is not a sky, it is a Soul and living Face! Nothing liker the Temple of the Highest, bright with some real effulgence of the Highest, is seen in this world.
- like
- As if; as though
It seemed like you didn't care.
- like
- A delayed filler
He was so angry, like.
- like
- Used to place emphasis upon a statement
divint ye knaa, like?.
- like
- indicating approximation or uncertainty
And then he, like, got all angry and left the room.
- like
- When preceded by any form of the verb to be, used to mean “to say” or “to think”; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase
And you're like, no not in a million years, you're nasty please leave me alone..
- like
- To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of
I like the Seattle Mariners this season.
- like
- (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort
It was something the likes of which I had never seen before.
- like
- To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something
And therefore it is the best way, if you like of it, to examine these taken from experiments touching the Earth, and then proceed to those of the other kind.
- like
- A mild intensifier
She was, like, sooooo happy.
- like
- To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for
I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.
- like
- Somewhat similar to, reminiscent of
These hamburgers taste like leather.
- like
- for example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples
There are lots of birds like ducks and gulls in this park.
- like
- Something that a person likes (prefers)
Tell me your likes and dislikes.
- like a bat out of hell
- With crazy or excessive intensity or speed
He came tearing around the corner like a bat out of hell and nearly ran us over.
- like a bee in clover
- Alternative form of in clover
- like a bull in a china shop
- Clumsily, aggressively, without care or concern, without self-control
- like a bull in a china shop
- Clumsy, aggressive, without care or concern, without self-control
- like a cat in a strange garret
- Having a feeling of uncertainty and misapprehension due to being in an unfamiliar situation
Mothers cannot conveniently leave home to get about, and fathers, to use their own expression, feel like a cat in a strange garret, when screwed up in one of the seats ot the school house.
- like a cat on a hot tin roof
- Jumpy, nervous
- like a dog in heat
- Very energetic and enthusiastic, especially when sexually aroused
- like a dog on heat
- Very energetic and enthusiastic, especially when sexually aroused
- like a dog with a bone
- Stubborn; persistent; relentless; dogged
Wilmer Lee was like a dog with a bone — he just wouldn't let Mr. Mooney rest in peace.
- like a duck takes to water
- Very naturally; without effort
She started skating and she learned how quickly, like a duck takes to water.
- like a hawk
- With particular vigilance or attention, implying sharp vision
If you find one you like, plan to guard it like a hawk until the purchase is finalized.
- like a hole in one's head
- Not
- like a hole in the head
- Not
- like a kid in a candy store
- Elated or excited as a result of having many options to choose from
- like a lamb to the slaughter
- helplessly and innocently, without knowing the unpleasant consequences
My excuse is I wasn't prepared.
- like a man
- bravely, decisively and without complaining
Don't be a wimp, deal with it like a man!.
- like a million bucks
- extremely good or well
After that vacation I feel like a million bucks.
- like a million dollars
- extremely good or well
After that vacation I feel like a million dollars.
- like a pig in clover
- Alternative form of in clover
- like a ton of bricks
- Very strongly; very heavily; often unexpectedly
- like a train
- Quickly, speedily
- like as
- Just as; in the same way as; even as
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
- like as and
- Alternative form of like as
- like as if
- Alternative form of like as
- like ass
- Offensively bad
Your band is good, but the singer sounds like ass.
- like ass
- Like feces
That dog smells like ass.
- like clockwork
- With perfect regularity and precision; faultless
You will find him there waiting for the bus every day at 4:14 pm, like clockwork.
- like crazy
- To a great or excessive degree; with great speed, output, enthusiasm, etc
She stayed late, working like crazy to get the project done before the deadline.
- like death warmed over
- Ill, unwell
- like father, like son
- A son will have traits similar to his father upon reaching adulthood
- like feeding time at the zoo
- Extremely frenetic, disorderly and messy
- like fun
- Definitely not
a. 1946, Raymond J. Healy, J. Francis McComas editor, Adventures in time and space: an anthology of modern science-fiction stories, page 607:Give me that gun! Like fun I will, Leigh snapped.
- like fun
- Intensely
The railway's begun The Mormons are cutting / And grading like fun..
- like gangbusters
- Vigorously, rapidly, zealously, or forcibly; in a manner which has considerable impact
Put an actress in knock-out clothes and she'll come through like gangbusters..
- like hell
- Bad or badly
It stank like hell down there.!.
- like hell
- In a manner that uses all of the strength, speed, or effort that a person can summon
You'd better run like hell!.
- like hell
- Used ironically to express the opposite of one's intentions
Me do the washing up? Like hell I will!.
- like hot cakes
- Quickly, especially by purchase or consumption
These new toys should sell like hot cakes.
- like it or lump it
- to accept a situation whether one agrees with it or not
We're going to stay home this year. No holidays. You can like it or lump it.
- like it's going out of style
- enthusiastically, to an excessive degree
Jim has been drinking like it's going out of style.
- like new
- Seemingly new; as good as new
Our like new refrigerator didn't last the year.
- like new
- As though new; as good as new
Make your car run like new.
- like nobody's business
- In an extreme manner; rapidly; excessively; like crazy
His customers reimburse him for the equipment he buys, but it looks like he spends money like nobody's business.
- like one's life depended on it
- desperately
- like pigs in clover
- Alternative form of in clover
- like rats from a sinking ship
- Quickly but in futility, away from a failing project
- like riding a bike
- Said of skill that, once learned, is never forgotten
- like shit
- Very bad
- like shooting fish in a barrel
- Absurdly easy
We can put the collection box directly under the chute. It'll be like shooting fish in a barrel.
- like sixty
- Quickly, easily
- like taking candy from a baby
- easy to achieve
Taking the money from the safe will be like taking candy from a baby, since I know the combination.
- like terms
- algebraic expressions whose literal coefficients represent the same value regardless of the numbers assigned to them
- like terms
- monomial expressions whose variable components are identical
- like that
- Used to indicate agreement with another speaker's statement
And then the truck turned, the box fell out the back, and the truck just kept going. / Yea, like that..
- like that
- Quickly; unexpectedly
He was playing in the yard and, then, like that, he was gone.
- like the back end of a bus
- Very unattractive
As I once told him, being British, looking like the back end of a bus or weighing 30 stone, was utterly irrelevant to the posting i made.
- like the clappers
- Very hard, very rapidly
In fact she made quite a nice little rider — a bit rough, like these Australians always were, but quite secure in her seat and going like the clappers.
- like the new time
- Furiously or vigorously, repeatedly
He was running like the new time when the dog chased him.
- like turkeys voting for Christmas
- Accepting or bringing about a situation with negative consequences for the individual
- like turkeys voting for an early Christmas
- Alternative form of like turkeys voting for Christmas
- like two peas in a pod
- very similar; a couple made for each other
- like unto
- conforming to, conformable to
- like unto
- like, similar to
- like unto
- like
- like water
- Abundantly; consumed rapidly or found in great quantity
In our house we go through paper towels like water.
- like water off a duck's back
- In a manner which has no effect; immediately and without causing any difference
She combs me down with her tongue sometimes though, but that just slips off me like water off a duck's back..
- like water off a duck's back
- Without immediate or lasting effects
Scandal after scandal would break, but it would be like water off a duck's back; no heads rolled, and no one seemed particularly perturbed.
- like white on rice
- Inseparably; in very close proximity
I want to stick to you like white on rice.
- like white on rice
- Inseparable; in very close proximity; following closely
- like-for-like
- comparable to the same period in a previous year, at outlets that existed at that period
- like-for-like
- Pertaining to an action which replaces one thing with another of the same type
The soccer coach made a like-for-like substitution, replacing the injured defender with another defensive player.
- like-for-like sales
- The sales of a company that were achieved through the same activities as those of a previous reference period (typically the preceding year)
Sales at the company are up 50%, although only half of that increase is due to the recent aquisition. The other half is accounted for by like-for-like sales being up 25 percent.
- like-minded
- Of similar opinion, given to holding similar opinions
The like-minded politicians voted the same way so often they were thought of as one person rather than two.
- look like
- To seem
It looks like I'm stuck with you.
- look like
- To be similar in appearance to; resemble
He loved him so hard that he loved all his whiskers off, and the pink lining to his ears turned grey, and his brown spots faded. He even began to lose his shape, and he scarcely looked like a rabbit any more, except to the Boy.
- make like
- To behave as though
Make like we're getting married and repeat after me, 2004 is the year I will moisturise daily.
- make like
- To behave in the manner of
In his office is an eight-foot bull whip; Ed likes to snap it around and make like a slave-driver.
- make like a banana and split
- to leave, depart
- make like a tree and leave
- to leave, depart
- make out like a bandit
- To profit greatly; to get an excessively good deal
Somebody must be making out like a bandit if they have managed to sell a $50 product for $500 like that!.
- mammal-like reptile
- Any basal member of the Synapsida, related to the mammals but superficially resembling reptiles
Synapsida: amniotes with one lower temporal fenestra, surrounded by the postorbital, jugal and squamosal. Includes the extinct mammal-like reptiles and the mammals.
- mammal-like reptiles
- plural form of mammal-like reptile
- more like
- Used to challenge another's use of a term, replacing it with something the speaker or writer considers more pertinent
Nothing to do with his physical prowess. Bullshit and crap more like — very funny though.
- more like it
- Better, more desirable
- net-like
- Resembling a net, especially a fishing net
- no time like the present
- A shortened form of there's no time like the present
- of the like
- Of or pertaining to a group with the same or similar characteristics
He has been always my friend, being so of the like to me.
- off like a bride's nightie
- Making a rapid departure; away
Just before it was to be his shout, he was 'off like a bride's nightie.''.
- off like a prom dress
- Making a start, or departing, very rapidly
When we heard the police car pull up, we were off like a prom dress.
- out like a light
- Asleep or unconscious, particularly if this has occurred suddenly and the sleep is deep
Once she received anesthesia, she was out like a light.
- piss like a racehorse
- To urinate profusely
I only had one bevy, now am pissing like a racehorse man!.
- pissed like a racehorse
- Simple past tense and past participle of piss like a racehorse
- pisses like a racehorse
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of piss like a racehorse
- pissing like a racehorse
- Present participle of piss like a racehorse
- play someone like a fiddle
- To manipulate (a person) skilfully
He played you like a fiddle.
- quack like a duck
- To appear to be exactly what one is
If it quacks like a duck, it's a duck.
- read like a book
- To be able to judge someone's thoughts by their body language
I love playing poker against Maria because I can read her like a book.
- run around like a chicken with its head cut off
- To act in a haphazard or aimless way; frantically or without control
The president doesn't know what to do. He's running around like a headless chicken.
- run like a top
- To operate flawlessly and smoothly
I've just tuned my car, and now it's running like a top.
- run like the wind
- to run quickly
- seem like a good idea at the time
- To have been a foolish impromptu or impulsive past action. Used especially as part of an expression of regret
- sell like hot cakes
- To sell fast
CALENDARS featuring local men willing to get their kit off for charity are selling like hot cakes after hitting the market this week.
- shell-like
- Having a similar shape to a seashell
- shell-like
- The ear, particularly in set phrases
Can I have a quick word in your shell-like, when you've got a moment?.
- shoot through like a Bondi tram
- To leave in haste
- sing like a bird
- to divulge secrets with little coercion
- sleep like a baby
- To sleep very well, especially peacefully
- sleep like a log
- To sleep heavily, long and without disturbance
- smell like a rose
- To be regarded as appealing, virtuous, or respectable; to be untainted or unharmed
The champion of corporate governance should smell like a rose. Instead, there's an unpleasant whiff of pork-barrel politics rising from the board.
- smelling like a rose
- Present participle of smell like a rose
- smoke like a chimney
- To smoke tobacco frequently
- spread like wildfire
- To spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably
The propaganda of the rebels spread like wildfire, and the hopes of the more daring Irish Catholics rose high. “Would that we knew if the hour of our .
- spring-like
- A variant spelling of springlike
- squeal like a stuck pig
- To utter loud, high-pitched squeals
- squint like a bag of nails
- To squint very much, as though one's eyes were directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails
The Earl stood back.'You may judge for yourself,' he said dryly. 'Miss Taverner, little though he may have recommended himself to you, I must beg leave to present my brother, Captain Audley.'.
- stick out like a sore thumb
- Be very noticeably different, especially in a negative way; to be particularly obtrusive, conspicuous, blatant, or prominent; to attract undue attention or notice
With that guilty smile of his, he stuck out like a sore thumb.
- sting like a bee
- to deliver a powerful punch
- stuffed like a turkey
- engorged from overeating
- summer-like
- A variant spelling of summerlike
- swear like a trooper
- To swear a lot; to utter many swear words
- sweat like a pig
- To sweat profusely, to be perspiring lots of sweat
- take it like a man
- To respond to pain, hardship, adversity, or emotional distress in a typical or stereotypical masculine manner, especially without crying, complaining, or becoming emotional
There was no moping around the house with a depressed disposition when one of my romances turned sour because, as far as my love life went, father expected me to take it like a man.
- talk like an apothecary
- To prattle
You do not talk like an apothecary, said Nadir, if you expect that I could exist upon them in the way you suggest..
- taste like chicken
- Comically describes the taste of unique food, deriving humour from the idea that many exotic meats, from squab to rattlesnake, can taste like ordinary chicken
Yeah. It tastes like chicken.
- tastes like chicken
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of taste like chicken
- tell it like it is
- To speak frankly, to convey all and only the truth of a situation
