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
Teddy	TED-ee	English
Gaz	GAZ	English (British)
Pherenike	-	Ancient Greek
Maximilian	mahk-see-MEE-lee-ahn (German), mak-si-MIL-ee-ən (English), mak-si-MIL-yən (English)	German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Shawn	SHAWN	English
Yorgos	-	Greek