- like a bastard
- Phrs. In a hurried or agitated state. E.g."I raced around the shops like a bastard, looking for a birthday present."
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
like a bastard
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bastard — When it occurs as a vocative, ‘bastard’ seldom has its literal meaning of ‘a child born out of wedlock’. It is almost a meaningless noise, expressing contempt for the person addressed. The charge of illegitimacy is in any case hardly an insult … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
