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
Magnus	MAHNG-nus (Swedish), MAG-nəs (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman
CÉLeste	se-LEST	French
Chihiro	chee-hee-ṙo	Japanese
Ilia	eel-YAH (Russian)	Georgian, Russian, Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic
Faizel	-	Arabic
Eladio	-	Spanish