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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no sooner said than done

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

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Yes, sir—took it right up; no sooner said than done with her.

From Ma Pettengill by Harry Leon Wilson

He also gave a kindly welcome to Perrot, and bade forthwith furnish the Count with apparel, servants and horses, suited to his rank; all which was no sooner said than done.

From The Decameron, Volume I by J. M. (James Macmullen) Rigg

"Well, no sooner said than done, if you're a man of your word," said Huckaback, in a trice producing a bit of paper, and a pen and ink.

From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Samuel Warren

Aye, no sooner said than done; that's my way.

From The Politician Out-Witted by Montrose Jonas Moses