no sooner said than done

Idioms  

1. Accomplished immediately, as in He said we should leave and, no sooner said than done. This expression employs no sooner ... than in the sense of “at once,” a usage dating from the mid-1500s.

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Example Sentences

As for no sooner said than done, it’s a promise that’s seldom kept. errand of mercy.

From Literature

No sooner said than done: and Jack was back again as if upon the wings of the wind.

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No sooner said than done, for a player at heads, catching his own as it was bowled at him, for fear of its going astray, jumped up, put the head, without a word, under his left arm, and, with the right stretched out, presented a brimming cup to Larry, who, to show his manners, drank it off like a man.

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“Let’s go after him in a boat,” suggested one of the sailors, excitedly, and this was no sooner said than done.

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This was no sooner said than done, and in a few minutes the course of the vessel was changed, and she was headed in the direction of the distressed animal ship, for there could be little doubt that such was the nature of the cargo she had on board.

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