like nobody's business
With astonishing intensity
Like nobody's business means with exceptional intensity, speed, or skill—to an impressive or extreme degree.
The phrase emphasizes that someone does something remarkably well or energetically: She can cook like nobody's business, The engine was burning oil like nobody's business.
It suggests performance beyond what others could match.
- rapidlyAt high velocity
- zealouslyWith extreme devotion
- swiftlyAt great speed
- out of this worldSlang for exceptionally remarkable
- second to noneUnsurpassed in quality
at breakneck speed · like clockwork · fervently · wholeheartedly · no holds barred · to beat the band · like gangbusters · with a vengeance · beyond belief · briskly · enthusiastically · passionately · ardently · vigorously · virtuosity · energetically · off the charts · through the roof
like nobody's businesshalfheartedly
Without real interest
casually · indifferently · apathetically · listlessly · half-assedly
like nobody's businesspoorly
In an inferior way
badly · terribly · incompetently · amateurishly · feebly
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