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like a hot knife through butter

like a hot knife through butter prepositional phrase: synonym of like a knife through butter.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Synonym of like a knife through butter.

Synonyms of like a hot knife through butter

Questions about like a hot knife through butter

What does like a hot knife through butter mean?
Like a hot knife through butter means synonym of like a knife through butter.
What part of speech is like a hot knife through butter?
Like a hot knife through butter is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like a hot knife through butter in the dictionary

  1. like a headless chicken
  2. like a headless chook
  3. like a hen on a hot griddle
  4. like a hole in one's head
  5. like a hole in the head
  6. like a hot knife through butter
  7. like a house afire
  8. like a kid at Christmas
  9. like a kid in a candy store
  10. like a kid on Christmas morning
  11. like a knife through butter

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