x-like

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English - Turkish

Definition of x-like in English Turkish dictionary

like
sevmek

Onları sevmekten başka çaren yok. - You can't help but like them.

Onu sevmekten başka çaren yok. - You can't help but like him.

like
hoşlanmak
like
beğenmek

İnsanlar onun tablolarını beğenmek için geldiler. - People came to like her paintings.

Tom'u beğenmek zorundasın. - You've got to like Tom.

like
{s} gibi

Kız, sihir gibi kayboldu. - The girl vanished like magic.

Ayrılmayacaklar gibi görünüyor. - It sounds like they're not going to leave.

like
{e} falan

Ermiş falan değil o. Öyleymiş gibi duruyor sadece. - He's not a saint. He just looks like one.

like
likes and dislikes sevdiği ve beğenmediği şeyler
like
{i} benzer

İki erkek kardeş iki bezelye tanesi kadar benzer. - The two brothers are as like as two peas.

O, biraz babasına benzer. - He is a bit like his father.

like
{f} istemek

O çok kötü bir filmdi, değil mi? Evet. İçimden paramı geri istemek geliyor! - That was such a bad movie, right? Yeah. I feel like asking for my money back!

like
{e} gibi, -e benzer
like
{i} benzeri

Ben erkek kardeşime benzerim. - I am like my brother.

Ben elma ve muz ve benzeri farklı meyveler yedim. Ayrıca iki patates yedim. - I ate different fruits like apples and bananas and such. I also ate two potatoes.

feel like
(Fiili Deyim ) canı -mek istemek
like
dilemek

Ben Volgograd polisinden özür dilemek istiyorum. - I'd like to apologise to Volgograd's police.

Bu sabah için özür dilemek istiyorum. - I'd like to apologize for this morning.

like
{i} zevk

Sporu rekabet için değil zevk için yapıyorum. - I like to play sport for fun not for competition.

New York, Chicago ve Boston gibi heyecan verici şehirleri ziyaret etmekten zevk alıyorum. - I enjoy visiting exciting cities like New York, Chicago, and Boston.

like
(bağlaç) sanki, güya
feel like
canı istemek
like
{f} iste

Benimle dans etmek ister misin? - Would you like to dance with me?

Biraz kahve ister misin? - Would you like some coffee?

be like a cat with nine lives
(Ev ile ilgili) Kedi gibi dokuz canlı olmak
feel like cotton
(mouth feel like cotton) Ağızda kuruluk hissetmek
in like manner
Benzer şekilde
like no other
Benzersiz, eşsiz
look like adrowned rat
Sırılsıklam olmak , sıçan gibi ıslanmak
stuff like that
Bunu gibi şeyler
i like it
hoşuma gitti
just like
aynı, tıpkı: Fehmi looks just like his father. Fehmi tıpkı babasına benziyor. That's just like Behzat, isn't it? O tam Behzat'ça bir şey
just like that
işte böyle
just like this
işte böyle
like better
daha çok istemek
something like
aşağı yukarı

Sami aşağı yukarı yüz tane kadın kaçırdı. - Sami kidnapped something like a hundred women.

would you like to go out for a meal
yemeğe çıkmak ister misiniz
would you like to go to the concert hall with me
benimle konsere gelmek ister misiniz
like
imsi
like
-imsi
feel like
gibi hissetmek
feel like
içinden gelmek
feel like
gibi hisset

Mary'nin kedisi o kadar tatlı ki onun kucağımda kıvrılıp yatmasını gerçekten umursamıyorum fakat pençeleriyle bacaklarımı ovmakta ısrar etme tarzı bana iğne yastığı gibi hissettiriyor. - Mary’s cat is so sweet that I really don’t mind him curling up in my lap, but the way he insists on kneading my legs with his claws makes me feel like a pincushion.

Okuldaki diğer tüm çocukların zengin ebeveynleri vardı, ve o sudan çıkmış bir balık gibi hissetmeye başlıyordu. - All the other children in the school had rich parents, and he was beginning to feel like a fish out of water.

a face like a wet weekend
(deyim) yüzünden düşen bin parça
according as you like
nasıl istersen
as like as
kadar benzer
as you like
canın isterse
be like a cat on hot bricks
(deyim) burnundan solumak
be out like a light
(deyim) uyuya kalmak
become like
haline gelmek
behave like a beast
canavarlaşmak
breed like rabbits
(deyim) mantar gibi bitmek
breed like rabbits
(deyim) tavşan gibi üremek
breed like rabbits
(deyim) tavşan gibi çoğalmak
burst like a bubble
(deyim) sabun köpüğü gibi sönmek
feel like crying
ağlamaklı olmak
fight like kilkenny cats
(deyim) kapışmak
go out like a light
(deyim) uyuya kalmak
gum like candy
(Gıda) macun
i don't feel like myself
iyi değilim
i don't feel like myself
keyfim yok
just like
aynı

Tom aynı babası, büyükbabaları ve kardeşleri gibi bir sakala sahip. - Tom has a beard just like his father, grandfathers and brothers do.

O bir cadı, aynı annesi gibi. - She's a witch, just like her mother.

just like me
tıpkı ben
just like me
tıpkı benim gibi
just like me
aynı ben
like a man
erkek gibi

Tom bir erkek gibi ölmüştü. - Tom had died like a man.

Artık bir erkek gibi hissetmiyorum. - I don't feel like a man anymore.

like a shot
süratle
like a shot
çabucak
like a shot
hızla
like a shot
derhal
like a shot
hiç tereddüt etmeden
like a shot
şimşek gibi
like fury
hiddetle
like fury
çok hızlı
like hell
(deyim) son sürat
like hell
(Konuşma Dili) sürüsüne bereket
like hell
(Konuşma Dili) bir yığın
like hell
(deyim) hızla
like hell
(Konuşma Dili) çok hızlı
like hell
(Konuşma Dili) bir sürü
like hell
(Konuşma Dili) çok zor
like minded
aynı fikirde
like smoke
çabuk ve kolay
like smoke
süratle
like smoke
çabuk
like the devil
ayağına tez
like the devil
çok çabuk
look like
-cek gibi olmak
look like
gibi gözükmek
look like
birisine çekmek
look like a drowned rat
sırılsıklam
not like
(Bilgisayar) benzemeyen
packed like sardines
(deyim) balık istifi gibi
seem like
gibi gözükmek
sell like hot cakes
kapış kapış gitmek
sell like hot cakes
çok satılmak
shake like a leaf
(deyim) tir tir titremek
shaped like
biçiminde
shaped like
şeklinde
sounds like
(Bilgisayar) buna benzer
such like
böylesi
swear like a trooper
(deyim) sövüp saymak
swear like a trooper
ana avrat düz gitmek
swear like a trooper
kalaylamak
sweet like honey
bal gibi tatlı
there is nothing like
-in üstüne yok
there is nothing like ...
-den iyisi yok
there's no place like home
(Konuşma Dili) ev gibisi yoktur
tremble like an aspen leaf
zangır zangır titremek
virus like particles
(Tıp) virüse benzer partiküller
what would you like?
ne istiyorsunuz?
would like
istemek
would you like a refill?
tazeleyeyim mi?
would you like to come
gelir misin
would you like to come with me
benimle gelirmisin
like
sempati duymak
like
conj. sanki
like
eşit

Gerçek aşk ebedidir, sonsuzdur ve hep kendi gibidir. Eşit ve saf, abartılı sergilemeler olmadan: özünde hep gençtir ve beyaz saçlarla görünür. - True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.

Bütün renkleri eşit derecede severim. - I like all the colors equally.

like
bağ

Bu, elinin biri arkanda bağlıyken biriyle dövüşmek gibidir. - This is like fighting someone with one arm tied behind your back.

Sen ona bağırıyordun ve ben bundan hoşlanmıyorum. - You were shouting at her and I don't like that.

like
{i}

Ben sizi eşime tanıtmak istiyorum. - I'd like to introduce you to my wife.

Eşi, bir baca gibi sigara içiyor. - Her husband smokes like a chimney.

like
sonek -ımsı
like
-mis gibi
like
rağbet etmek
like
müşabih
like
{f} hoşlanmak, sevmek; beğenmek. like a bolt out of the k.dili. beklenmedik bir şekilde, birdenbire
like
özelliği

Görünüşe göre Google o özelliği artık kullanmıyor. - It looks like Google deprecated that functionality.

I should like
isterim
decussate
çaprazvari
decussate
çaprazvari geçmek
decussate
x şeklinde geçmek
fit like a glove
kalıp gibi oturmak
like
(isim) eş, benzer, aynı, beğeni, zevk
like a ship without a rudder
serseri mayın gibi
like a shot
istekle
like anything
deli gibi
like clockwork
tıkır tıkır
like crazy
deli gibi

Tom son trene yetişmek için deli gibi koştu. - Tom ran like crazy to catch the last train.

Onun köpeği deli gibi havlamaya başladı. - Her dog started barking like crazy.

like mad
deli gibi
like that
şöyle
I should like ...: I should like to tell you I´m sorry
Senden özür dilemek istiyorum. İ´d like to buy a novel. Roman almak istiyorum
give like for like
like vermek
like - for- like
gibi - için benzeri
like for like
gibi olduğu gibi
like for like growth
(Ekonomi) Bir firmada büyümenin, yeni birimler ilave edilimiş veya kapatılmış olmasının da dikkate alınarak hesaplandığı, net orandır
return like by like
tarafından gibi dönmek gibi
Like father, like son
{k} Tıpkı babası!/Babasına çekmiş!
decussate
{s} çaprazlama
decussate
X şeklinde
decussate
{s} çapraz
decussate
(Tıp) Çapraz, decussatio
English - English
decussate
-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 like
To fancy

Do you just like her or do you like like her?.

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
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