quick as a flash

English

Alternative forms

as quick as a flash (adjective)

Etymology

In allusion to the rapidity of flashes of lightning.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

quick as a flash (not comparable)

(idiomatic, simile) Extremely quick.
Synonyms: fulgurant, fast as lightning, lightning fast, lightning-quick, in a flash

Adverb

quick as a flash (not comparable)

(idiomatic, simile) Extremely quickly.
Synonyms: lightning fast, in a flash, lightningly

Translations

extremely quickly

Danish: lynhurtigt
Finnish: salamannopeasti
German: blitzschnell (de), wie der Blitz, blitzartig (de)
Greek: αστραπιαία (el) (astrapiaía)
Icelandic: eins og snæljós (is)
Italian: fulmineamente (it), in un lampo, in un baleno (it), in un battibaleno (it), a rotta di collo (it)
Polish: błyskawicznie (pl)
Russian: молниено́сно (ru) (molnijenósno)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: муњѐвито

Roman: munjèvito (sh)
Spanish: a toda leche (es), en volandas, como un rayo
Swedish: blixtsnabbt (sv)
Ukrainian: бли́скавично (uk) (blýskavyčno)
Yiddish: פּי פּאַ פּאָ, ער איז שוין נישטאָ (pi pa po, er iz shoyn nishto)

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