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what is "I won' t be a jiffy."?
4 dec. 2010 01:44
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiffy_(time)
Jiffy is an informal term for any unspecified short period of time, as in "I'll be back in a jiffy".
I won' t be a jiffy. = I won' t be late
4 december 2010
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I won' t be a jiffy. = I won't be a second.
In other words, I'll be quicker than that.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/jiffy
4 december 2010
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is it, "I won't be but a jiffy?"
I won't take a long time. I'll be done very quickly, etc.
jiffy = slang for short period of time / quick
4 december 2010
sounds very unnatural. is it from a textbook?
4 december 2010
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