quick as a wink

1. Also,. Very speedily, as in He was out of here quick as a wink, or She answered, quick as a bunny. These similes have largely replaced the earlier quick as lightning, although quick as a flash no doubt alludes to it (also see like greased lightning), and quick as thought, now obsolete. The bunny variant dates from the mid-1800s, the others from the late 1800s.

Example Sentences

Quick as a wink, the man flicked the main switch so that all the lights went off and everyone was standing in darkness.

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I had a spring cold and she made me some tea that had me on my feet quick as a wink.

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“My brutal honesty,” he replied, quick as a wink.

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My mother turned to glance round, but quick as a wink, Mrs. Tomolillo dropped her fat white hands in her lap and started talking vigorously to her friends.

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That water came right behind us, waltzing up the stairs like it owned the place, and quick as a wink got to swirling around our ankles on the second floor.

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