Name: 英語講師Nick P 副詞句 (24) Like Nobody's Business (English Tutor Nick P Adverb Phrase (24) Like Nobody's Business)
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Hi this is Tutor Nick  P and this is Adverb Phrase 24. The adverb phrase today

is like nobody's business. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. If someone

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does something like nobody's business,  he or she does it extremely well or to an

excessive degree. So it could be used for both. One meaning somebody has a good

skill,  doing it very,  very well or somebody goes way too far,  way overboard.

They do it to an excessive degree here.  Let's continue. Some people think this

phrase may have been invented to avoid using another similar phrase. You know,  at

the time " like the devil " we still do use like the devil sometimes too. Also you

know,  it's like an intensifier. Meaning you know,  that you do something to an

excessive degree or also extremely well.  You know somebody could do something

like the devil. Some people may have thought that the phrase" like the devil"

was either offensive,  because you know it's like the devil. It is like saying hell

or damn. At one time those were considered to be like dirty words. Or perhaps giving

the devil too much credit or praise. So instead of saying that. Maybe they

started saying like nobody's business to avoid saying like the devil. Okay.

Let's continue. And we have three examples here. Example number one.

Complaints have been pouring in like nobody's business.

Yeah. It could be about a positive thing too. You could say like fan letters have

been pouring in like nobody's business as well. Or number two here. After winning

the lottery,  he started spending money like nobody's business.

Yeah.  I often hear it used with like spending money. Somebody could be

spending money like nobody's business,   to an excessive degree. And

number three. He can run like nobody's business. He may have the chance to

qualify for the Olympics one day. So again of course this one stresses a good

skill. So in the same way,  you could say you know,  we could run like the devil.

You could even still use that today,  meaning that they are very skilled.

Anyway,  I hope he got it. I hope  it was clear. Thank you