like buggery
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably from "hurt like buggery", which can be understood literally.”)
Prepositional phrase
[edit]- (chiefly UK, slang, vulgar) Like hell.
- hurt like buggery
- run like buggery ― run like a bat out of hell
- sell like buggery ― sell like hot cakes
References
[edit]- “like buggery” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.