English adverb: like hell | |||
1. | like hell with great speed or effort or intensity | ||
Samples | Drove like crazy. Worked like hell to get the job done. Ran like sin for the storm cellar. Work like thunder. Fought like the devil. | ||
Synonyms | like crazy, like mad, like sin, like the devil, like thunder | ||
Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
2. | like hell used ironically to indicate the opposite of what is stated | ||
Samples | Says he'll help me? Like hell he will!. | ||