SkyfireDict

like hell   (TTS Sound)

The adv like hell has 2 senses

• like hell, like mad, like crazy, like sin, like thunder, like the devil -- (with great speed or effort or intensity; "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")


• like hell -- (used ironically to indicate the opposite of what is stated; "says he'll help me? Like hell he will!")