Daily life
avoid something like the plague
avoid something completely
If you avoid something like the plague, you stay away from it very deliberately and completely.
Hear it in real life
Do you ever eat fast food?
I avoid it like the plague when I am trying to save money.
I avoid shopping centres like the plague during the holiday season.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I avoid crowded places as the plague.
Say: I avoid crowded places like the plague.
Use "like the plague," not "as the plague," in this idiom.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
avoid something like the plague; avoid doing something like the plague
Your turn: say it out loud
I avoid shopping centres like the plague during the holiday season.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
avoid something like the plague
avoid something completely
“I avoid shopping centres like the plague during the holiday season.”
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