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
Quidel	-	Native American, Mapuche
ČRtomir	-	Slovene
Nicola (2)	NIK-ə-lə (English)	German, Czech, English
Parker	['pa:kə]
Whitfield	['hwitfi:ld]
Balthasar	[bɔ:l'θəzɑ:]