British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
In fact, all over Europe buyers have been bolting like billyo. From Wordnik.com. [Letters: The high stakes involved in the Grand National] Reference
I called people in Ireland to keep arranging things, and packed like billyo. From Wordnik.com. [Perhaps not wise] Reference
For example, the entire planet is currently frothing around like billyo over speculation that Britney Spears is pregnant with yet another child. From Wordnik.com. [Britney Spears Definitely Pregnant, Not Just Porky] Reference
Now she was inadvertently the cause of her mother being fired like a Walker's crisp, and him getting it like billyo from his own mother for the next six months. From Wordnik.com. [faceless]
Controversy sells, conspiracy sells, an unorthodox hero battling the establishment sells and above all, a promise that you, the little man, can best the forces that “keep you down” in life and know better than “them” if you just read this book, oh, that sells like billyo. From Wordnik.com. [The lure of the crank] Reference
For the wooden fence leading up to the bridge had caught fire, and it was burning like billyo. From Wordnik.com. [The Wouldbegoods] Reference
She is used to pursuing that fleet and antlered pride of the forest -- the stag -- and she can go like billyo. From Wordnik.com. [The Wouldbegoods] Reference
She is used to pursuing that fleet and antlered pride of the forest – the stag – and she can go like billyo. From Wordnik.com. [The Wouldbegoods] Reference
Brilliant news for the Globe although now they'll have to fundraise like billyo, to set up a suitable library for the precious plays. From Wordnik.com. [Londonist] Reference
Maybe like the 600 jobs Sean Quinn announced in Cork just after he was caught filching money billyo out of his companies to support his gambling. From Wordnik.com. [Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52] Reference
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