like it was going out of style
(do something) like it's going out of style
To do something very frequently, quickly, or in great amounts. My husband took a baking course last week, and now he's making cupcakes like it's going out of style! After getting his bonus, Jim started spending money like it was going out of style.
See also: going, like, of, out, style
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
like it was going out of style
Fig. rapidly or frequently. I'm worried about Sally. She's taking aspirin like it's going out of style. The kids have been eating sweet corn like it was going out of style.
See also: going, like, of, out, style
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
like it was going out of style
Describing something being done with extreme urgency, as though it was the last chance to do it. This ungrammatical expression and the synonymous like there’s no tomorrow date only from about 1970 but are well on their way to becoming clichés. They are used in such contexts as “He’s spending his trust fund like it was going out of style” or “They attacked the buffet table like there’s no tomorrow.” Purists frown on the conjunctive use of like (instead of as) but the clichés persist.
See also: going, like, of, out, style
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- (do something) like it's going out of style
- do something like it's going out of style
- like it's going out of fashion
- (do something) as if it's going out of style
- be a tall order
- find the time
- go on a spree
- compress
- compress (something) into (something)
- compress into