quick as a flash
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quick as a flash
Where it comes from
In reference to the rapidity of flashes of lightning.
adjective
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Extremely quick.
Similar: fulgurant, fast as lightning, lightning fast, lightning-quick, in a flash, quick as a fox
adverb
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Extremely quickly.
Similar: lightning fast, in a flash, lightningly
Translations
Every language
adv extremely quickly
| Español | a toda leche, en volandas, como un rayo |
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| Deutsch | blitzschnell, wie der Blitz, blitzartig |
| Italiano | fulmineamente, in un lampo, in un baleno, in un battibaleno, a rotta di collo, come un fulmine |
| Ελληνικά | αστραπιαία astrapiaía |
| Русский | молниено́сно molnijenósno |
| Tiếng Việt | nhanh như chớp |
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