Jack Robinson
noun
old-fashioneduk/ˌdʒæk ˈrɒb.ɪn.sən/us/ˌdʒæk ˈrɑː.bɪn.sən/before you can/could say Jack Robinson
used to refer to something being done orhappeningveryquickly:
突然间，一眨眼工夫；说时迟那时快I put thedishoffoodon thefloor, and before you could say Jack Robinson, thedoghadeatenit.我刚把那盘食物放在地上，狗一下子就吃掉了。
Fast and rapid
- (at) full speed/tilt/peltidiom
- apace
- as fast asyourlegs would carryyouidiom
- as ifit isgoing out of styleidiom
- at a rate of knotsidiom
- fleet
- hypersonic
- in the twinkling of an eyeidiom
- lickety-split
- lightning
- like a shotidiom
- like a streak of lightningidiom
- prompt
- souped-up
- spread like wildfireidiom
- streak
- super-express
- superfast
- swift
- wildfire