like the dickens
Example Sentences
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Boras and Belly became Boris and Natasha, a joke that hurt the Boys In Blue like the dickens.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2023
“We fought like the dickens over a lot of issues,” he said, recalling “heated arguments.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2019
This would not be too bad, except we have very high ceilings and it echoes like the dickens.
From Slate • Jan. 10, 2019
It’s not only a sentimental keepsake; if you look at how overstuffed it is, it’s a reminder of how he worked like the dickens into his 70s and 80s.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2015
It hurt like the dickens but I gritted my teeth and walked on.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
