two shakes of a lamb's tail

Cultural  

1. Something that can be done in “two shakes of a lamb's tail” can be done very quickly: “The repairman said he could fix our tire in two shakes of a lamb's tail, and he was right: we were back on the road in ten minutes.”

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two shakes of a lamb's tail Idioms  

1. see in two shakes of a lamb's tail.

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Example Sentences

We’ll be off in two shakes of a lamb’s tail.

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2018

Once they’re thin as heck, they cook in two shakes of a lamb’s tail.

From Slate • Jul. 3, 2018

"Come and sit down. Supper'll be cooked in two shakes of a lamb's tail."

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

In two shakes of a lamb’s tail, all the grownedness I’d been showing lately flewed off like ducks off of a pond and I was a fra-gile boy all over again.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

And in about two shakes of a lamb’s tail, he was outen the house and a-climbin’ the sheriff.

From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor