greased lightning

greased lightning
Something incredibly fast (now mainly used in comparison: like or faster than greased lightning).

We find there quite seriously the monstrous hyperboles of swallowing a camel, of having a wooden beam in the eye, of a camels going through the eye of a needle, of heaping coals of fire on the head; all well enough as jokes, like the description of the Green Mountain road so steep that "greased lightning could not go down it without the breeching on".


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  • greased lightning — If something or someone moves like greased lightning, they move very fast indeed …   The small dictionary of idiomes

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  • greased lightning — 1. n. strong liquor. □ This greased lightning of yours nearly blew my head off. □ No more greased lightning for me. 2. n. something fast or powerful. □ That little car is just greased lightning. □ …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • greased lightning —    If something or someone moves like greased lightning, they move very fast indeed.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • greased lightning — very, very fast; faster than a speeding bullet    Oh, I ve slowed down a bit over the years. When I was a teenager they used to call me Jimmy greased lightning Fraser …   English idioms

  • Greased lightning —   If something or someone moves like greased lightning, they move very fast indeed …   Dictionary of English idioms

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  • like greased lightning — Extremely quickly • • • Main Entry: ↑grease * * * informal extremely fast you come up with plans faster than greased lightning * * * like greased lightning see ↑lightning, 1 • • • …   Useful english dictionary

  • like (greased) lightning — phrase very quickly Thesaurus: quicklysynonym Main entry: lightning * * * like (greased) ˈlightning idiom very fast …   Useful english dictionary

  • like greased lightning — old fashioned if someone does something like greased lightning, they do it very quickly. I mentioned work and he was out of the room like greased lightning …   New idioms dictionary

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