like nobody's business

English

Alternative forms

• like it's nobody's business

Pronunciation

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Adverb

like nobody's business (not comparable)

1. (simile, colloquial) In an extreme manner; excessively; like crazy.

   His customers reimburse him for the equipment he buys, but he seems to spend money like nobody's business.

Translations

in an extreme manner

• Finnish: hullun lailla

See also

• like it's going out of style
• like water
• as if there were no tomorrow
• like a house on fire

References

• “like nobody s business” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “like nobody s business”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “like nobody s business” (US) / “like nobody s business” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.