How many different way to say 'in a blink of eye' How many different ways do you know to express the same meaning like 'in a blink of eye' ?&nbsp;

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How many different way to say 'in a blink of eye' How many different ways do you know to express the same meaning like 'in a blink of eye' ?

26 dec. 2016 16:51

Opmerkingen · 5

As quick as a flash.

In a heartbeat.

26 december 2016

In no time

26 december 2016

Usually written or spoken as: "In the blink of an eye" meaning extremely quickly.

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Synonyms are listed with the informal first and the formal at the end:

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PDQ (means Pretty Damn Quickly)
tout de suite (French but used in English)

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soon
in a flash
in a jiffy
in nothing flat
on the double
pronto
right now
at short notice
this instant
this minute
instantly
promptly
rapidly
straight away
straight off
without delay
without hesitation

immediately

instantaneously<o:p></o:p>

forthwith<o:p></o:p>

unhesitatingly

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<o:p>Plus the other excellent suggestions from Marc, Shannon and Elsa</o:p>

26 december 2016

Another common one is "In a New York minute!" because life goes so fast in big cities.

26 december 2016

Faster than the speed of light!

"Faster than you can say....." This you can use with any word really, it's a common expression. "She got out of there faster than you can say breakfast!" (Meaning she didn't stay for breakfast, she left so quickly.)

26 december 2016