This bow shoots so fast, the arrow is in the target before you can say “gee whiz!”
In summer, food goes bad before you can say “heat wave!”
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
before you can say something — before you can say (something) surprisingly quickly. This bow shoots so fast, the arrow is in the target before you can say “gee whiz!” Usage notes: often the word or phrase that follows before you can say is related to the situation you are… … New idioms dictionary
before you can say Jack Robinson — before (you) can say Jack Robinson old fashioned if you say that something happens before you can say Jack Robinson, it happens very suddenly. I offered her a chocolate but before you could say Jack Robinson she d eaten half the box … New idioms dictionary
before you can say jack robinson — The term Jack Robinson represents a short amount of time . When you do something before you can say Jack Robinson, you do it very quickly … The small dictionary of idiomes
before you can say knife — (UK) If something happens before you can say knife, it happens very quickly … The small dictionary of idiomes
before you can say knife — ► before you can say knife informal very quickly. Main Entry: ↑knife … English terms dictionary
before you can say Jack Robinson — phrase immediately, or suddenly Thesaurus: happening or done quickly, suddenly or immediatelysynonym Main entry: Jack Robinson … Useful english dictionary
before you can say Jack Robinson — adverb Very quickly. Quicker than you expect. You have to be careful in that area. Theyll have your wallet before you can say Jack Robinson. Syn: in the twinkling of an eye, quick as a flash … Wiktionary
before you can say Jack Robinson — The term Jack Robinson represents a short amount of time . </p><p>When you do something before you can say Jack Robinson, you do it very quickly. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
before you can say Jack Robinson — very quickly, in a split second, in no time Before you could say Jack Robinson, the ghost was gone! … English idioms
before one can say Jack Robinson — • before one knows where he is • before one can say Jack Robinson (from Idioms in Speech) very quickly; in no time He was very aged in the Vale you got to be a hundred before you knew where you were. (A. Coppard) ... she greeted me jovially, and … Idioms and examples
