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like anything
Idioms and Phrases
Extremely, vigorously, as in She cried like anything when the dog died . This idiom probably substitutes anything for a swear word. [ Colloquial ; late 1600s]Example Sentences
While 鈥淲arfare鈥 certainly doesn鈥檛 make combat look like anything more than gruesome violence, its last few minutes undercut the anti-war messaging and Garland and Mendoza鈥檚 apolitical stance.
It is 鈥 and I don鈥檛 say this lightly 鈥 one of the most beautiful things I鈥檝e ever seen 鈥 craft operating on such a high, grand level in a time when it seems like anything that breaks through to the mainstream has had its beauty defaced and defiled.
But it turns out, like anything, it gets easier when you stop worrying about perfection and just start playing.
Yielding quotable phrases like 鈥淎nything for Selenas,鈥 or relatable scenes depicting her family鈥檚 fraught relationship with their hybrid Mexican American identity, 鈥淪elena鈥 continues to stand the test of time 鈥 and remains one of the few cinematic depictions of the pop star approved by her family.
It鈥檚 a mixed bag, just like anything that reaches a lot of people.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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