- before he could say Jack Robinson
- very quickly, before he could react
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
before he could say Jack Robinson
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before you can say Jack Robinson — before (you) can say Jack Robinson old fashioned if you say that something happens before you can say Jack Robinson, it happens very suddenly. I offered her a chocolate but before you could say Jack Robinson she d eaten half the box … New idioms dictionary
before one can say Jack Robinson — {adv. cl.}, {informal} Very quickly; suddenly. An overused phrase. * /Before I could say Jack Robinson, the boy was gone./ Compare: IN A FLASH, RIGHT AWAY … Dictionary of American idioms
before one can say Jack Robinson — {adv. cl.}, {informal} Very quickly; suddenly. An overused phrase. * /Before I could say Jack Robinson, the boy was gone./ Compare: IN A FLASH, RIGHT AWAY … Dictionary of American idioms
before\ one\ can\ say\ Jack\ Robinson — adv cl. informal Very quickly; suddenly. An overused phrase. Before I could say Jack Robinson, the boy was gone. Compare: in a flash, right away … Словарь американских идиом
before you can say Jack Robinson — very quickly, in a split second, in no time Before you could say Jack Robinson, the ghost was gone! … English idioms
before one could say Jack Robinson — with great speed … English contemporary dictionary
before can say Jack Robinson — before (you) can say Jack Robinson old fashioned if you say that something happens before you can say Jack Robinson, it happens very suddenly. I offered her a chocolate but before you could say Jack Robinson she d eaten half the box … New idioms dictionary
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