like anything

Extremely, vigorously, as in She cried like anything when the dog died. This idiom probably substitutes anything for a swear word. [Colloquial; late 1600s]

like anything

To an exceeding degree: We worked like anything to meet the deadline.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Johnathan	JAHN-ə-thən	English
Kephalos	-	Greek Mythology
Irenka	ee-REN-kah (Polish)	Polish, Czech
Nekane	ne-KAH-ne	Basque
Jessica	JES-i-kə (English)	English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Louise	[lu:'i:z]