English
Etymology
In reference to the rapidity of flashes of lightning.
Pronunciation
Adjective
quick as a flash (not comparable)
- (idiomatic, simile) Extremely quick.
- Synonyms: fulgurant, fast as lightning, lightning fast, lightning-quick, in a flash, quick as a fox
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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