quick as a wink

Idioms  

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.

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quick as a wink

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.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2015

Best concept is the jungle-road-building behemoth that cuts trees with a flash of its laser beam, chews up the undergrowth and, quick as a wink, turns out a four-lane highway.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

The inner end is broad and soft and sticky, and he snaps it out and back quick as a wink or a lizard.

From A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories by William J. (William Joseph) Long

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