[like anything] {adv. phr.} To an extreme degree. * /He swore like anything when he found out that he hadn't been promoted./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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eye

[eye] See: [APPLE OF ONE'S EYE], [BAT AN EYE] or [BAT AN EYELASH], [BELIEVE ONE'S EYES], [CATCH ONE'S EYE], [CLEAR-EYED], […]

Albert Einstein

Why is it that nobody understands me and everybody likes me?

knackered

[knackered] {adj.} 1. Exhausted, tired. 2. Broken, beyond all usefulness.

at the eleventh hour

[at the eleventh hour] {prep. phr.} At the last possible time. * /Aunt Mathilda got married at the eleventh hour; after all, […]

trial and error

[trial and error] {n.} A way of solving problems by trying different possible solutions until you find one that works. * […]

Hypocrates

"Ars longa, vita brevis." "The work (art) is long, the life is short."

Adminisphere

[Adminisphere] The rarified organizational layers above the rank and file that makes decisions that are often profoundly […]

Idioms to Learn Today

Flashcard learning set.Check yourself now!Try flashcard test by definitions or by descriptions.Set includes the following […]