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Like a fish out of water

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• Like a hole in the head

  Related Terms need someone or something like a hole in the head

• Like a million bucks

  adverb phrase Very good; superb: In that blouse she looks like a million bucks (1930s+)

• Like as not

  Also, as like as not; as likely as not. In all probability, with an even chance, as in Like as not it’ll rain by afternoon, or Likely as not the governor will run for a second term. In the first two terms, like is short for likely in the sense of “probably,” that is, “It […]

• Like a streak

  adverb phrase like greased lightning (1839+)

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