like the dickens

Boras and Belly became Boris and Natasha, a joke that hurt the Boys In Blue like the dickens.

Prior to coming to sabotage school, Dasch was always "hungry like the dickens," and he made sure to carefully divvy up his bread ration and carry it with him.

“Like the Dickens book, and the Bill Murray movie, and every other adaptation nobody asked for!”

“Yes, like the Dickens book and the Bill Murray movie and every other adaptation nobody asked for,” Marley says impatiently.

My arms and back complained like the dickens as I refilled the wash boiler, kept the water hot, rubbed grimy clothes on the washboard, wrung them out, and hung them to dry.