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Amounts - Intensity or Emphasis

Master English idioms regarding intensity or emphasis, like "body and soul" and "take the edge off".

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English idioms related to Amounts
like nobody's business

in a way that is very high in speed, quality, or degree

Ex: She can sing like nobody's business. 
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like the Devil

in a very intense, energetic, or fast way

Ex: He ran like the Devil when the dog started chasing him. 
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to [take] the edge off {sth}

to make something, particularly something unpleasant, less severe or intense

Ex: A cup of tea helped take the edge off her headache. 
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to [take] the sting out of {sth}

to take away from the intensity of something unpleasant

Ex: The apology took the sting out of his harsh words. 
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according to cocker

in a proper and correct way

Ex: Make sure the figures are added up according to cocker. 
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all the way
all the way
[phrase]

in a complete manner

Ex: If we support this plan, we should support it all the way. 
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body and soul

with all that one has

Ex: She threw herself body and soul into the campaign. 
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neck and crop

completely and in every possible way

Ex: The old system was replaced neck and crop. 
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smack dab
smack dab
[Adverb]

exactly in a place, especially the middle

Ex: The hotel is smack dab in the middle of the city. 
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on the nose
on the nose
[phrase]

used for emphasizing the correctness or accuracy of something

Ex: Her guess was on the nose. 
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out and out
out and out
[phrase]

in a complete and total way

Ex: That was an out and out lie. 
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the hell out of {sth}

used for emphasizing the intensity, speed, etc. of something

Ex: That movie scared the hell out of me. 
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through and through

in every single way

Ex: She is a professional through and through. 
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for the thousandth time

used to emphasize that one has done or said something many times in the past

Ex: For the thousandth time, close the door behind you. 
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the mother of all {sth}

used to describe the intensity of something

Ex: We got stuck in the mother of all traffic jams. 
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the shit out of {sb/sth}

used to emphasize that someone does something with excessive intensity or force

Ex: The bully beat the shit out of him. 
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