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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈalla ˈɡrande
"La festa è andata alla grande."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Very quickly, easily, or with great intensity and skill.
"After taking cooking classes, she was chopping vegetables like nobody's business."
- 1
Exceedingly great in amount, degree, or intensity.
"The new sports car was fast like nobody's business."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originating in American colloquial speech during the late 19th or early 20th century, the phrase plays upon the concept of something being done with such intense vigor, skill, or speed that it is no one else's concern to question or interfere. Over time, it transitioned from meaning private affairs into a hyperbolic idiom expressing extreme degree or proficiency.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Like nobody's business" is said worldwide
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comme pas possible
Transliteration: kom pa pɔsibl
"Il court comme pas possible."
wie verrückt
Transliteration: viː fɛɐ̯ˈʁʏkt
"Er hat gearbeitet wie verrückt."
alla grande
Transliteration: ˈalla ˈɡrande
"La festa è andata alla grande."
a más no poder
Transliteration: a mas no poˈdeɾ
"Estudiaba a más no poder para los exámenes."
como ninguém
Transliteration: ˈkomu niˈɡɐ̃j̃
"Ela dança como ninguém."
ज़ोर-शोर से
Transliteration: zor-shor se
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"वह ज़ोर-शोर से काम कर रहा है।"
拼命地
Transliteration: pīnmìng de
Script: 中文汉字
"他拼命地工作。"
눈코 뜰 새 없이
Transliteration: nun-ko tteul sae eops-i
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 눈코 뜰 새 없이 일했다."
ものすごく
Transliteration: monosugoku
Script: 日本語
"彼女はものすごく速く走る。"
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