like the dickens
like the dickens
An intensifier used when one puts forth great effort to do something. I'm planning to fight like the dickens against this illness, so I'm researching both Western and Eastern methods of treatment. We've been working like the dickens to get the update finished before the Christmas break.
See also: dickens, like
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- address (one's) comments to (someone or something)
- address comments or remarks to
- address (one's) remarks to (someone or something)
- be in it for
- be at a disadvantage
- (the) odds are against (something)
- at a disadvantage
- (something) is over (one's) head
- be more than (something)
- be more than glad, ready, etc.