like the devil

*like the devil

and *like the dickens; *like hell

Fig. with a fury; in a great hurry; with a lot of activity. (*Typically: fight ~; run ~; scream ~; thrash around~.) We were working like the dickens when the rain started and made us quit for the day.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ivy	IE-vee	English
Bledsoe	['bledsəu]
Saturn	SA-tərn (English)	Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
RÉMy	re-MEE	French
Frens	FRENS	Limburgish
Dewey	-	Welsh