"like hell" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} like hell
  1. (intensifier) In a manner that uses all of the strength, speed, or effort that a person can summon. Tags: emphatic, intensifier Translations (using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon): helvetisti (Finnish), le diable aux trousses (French), le diable aux cul (French), le diable aux chausses (French), à mort (French), à fond la caisse (French), à donf (French), a palla (Italian), a pieno regime (Italian), jak diabli (Polish), jak cholera (Polish), som fan (Swedish), så in i helvete (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-like_hell-en-prep_phrase-PI9ACzrp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 20 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 20 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 75 22 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 74 22 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 77 23 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 79 21 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 75 21 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 77 20 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 79 21 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 80 19 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 75 21 4 Disambiguation of 'using all strength, speed, effort that one can summon': 92 6 2
  2. (negator) Used ironically to express the opposite of one's intentions Translations (expressing the opposite of one's intentions): tos uhod (Czech), to určitě (Czech), mon cul (French), c’est mort (French), même pas en rêve (French), col cazzo (Italian), o caraças [Portugal] (Portuguese), o tanas [Portugal] (Portuguese), o escambau [Brazil] (Portuguese), чёрта с два (čórta s dva) (Russian), a huevo que (english: no) (Spanish), i helvete heller (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-like_hell-en-prep_phrase-WHUZ0M5Y Disambiguation of "expressing the opposite of one's intentions": 18 80 2
  3. Bad or badly. Translations (bad or badly): som fan (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-like_hell-en-prep_phrase-Hy~Hwh3Z Disambiguation of 'bad or badly': 2 1 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: my ass, my arse, my butt, my eye, my foot, my thigh, bullshit Synonyms (ironic negator): like fuck Related terms: as hell, like a bat out of hell, like buggery, like heck, the hell, the hell you say
Disambiguation of 'ironic negator': 38 46 15
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