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in two shakes of a lamb
quickly, in no time at all I will have this finished in two shakes of a lamb
in two shakes (of a lamb's tail)
very soon, in a couple of seconds, in a sec I'll be with you in two shakes. I just have to turn off the lights.
in two shakes of a lamb's tail
very quickly and without difficulty Wait one minute. I will be able to help you in two shakes of a lamb's tail.
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adv.,
informal Quickly; in no time at all.
I'll be back in two shakes of a lamb's tail.
in two shakes
in two shakes Also,
in two shakes of a lamb's tail Very quickly, very soon, as in
I'll be with you in two shakes, or
She'll be finished in two shakes of a lamb's tail. The longer idiom alludes to the friskiness of lambs; the shorter one may be an abbreviation of the longer one, or it may refer to the shaking of dice or any two quick movements. [Early 1800s]
in two all-overs (of a lamb's tail)
Very quickly. If you don't get down actuality in two shakes, I'm activity to acquaint your administrator about this. Don't worry, I'll aces you up in two all-overs of a lamb's tail!Learn more: shake, twoin two all-overs of a lamb's tail
Fig. in a actual abbreviate time; actual quickly. Jane alternate in two all-overs of a lamb's tail. Mike was able to break the botheration in two all-overs of a lamb's tail.Learn more: of, shake, tail, twoin two shakes
Also, in two all-overs of a lamb's tail Actual quickly, actual soon, as in I'll be with you in two shakes, or She'll be accomplished in two all-overs of a lamb's tail. The best argot alludes to the abandon of lambs; the beneath one may be an abridgement of the best one, or it may accredit to the afraid of dice or any two quick movements. [Early 1800s] Learn more: shake, twoin two shakes
or in two all-overs of a lamb's tail
OLD-FASHIONED, SPOKENIf you say that you will do article in two shakes or in two all-overs of a lamb's tail, you beggarly that you will do it actual anon or actual quickly. I'm aloof activity out to the boutique — I'll be aback in two shakes. Supper will be accessible in two all-overs of a lamb's tail.Learn more: shake, twoin two all-overs (of a lamb's tail)
actual quickly.Learn more: shake, twoin two ˈshakes
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(also in two ˌshakes of a ˈlamb’s appendage old-fashioned) (informal) actual soon: I’ve aloof got to accomplish a buzz call. I’ll be with you in two shakes.Learn more: shake, twoin two all-overs of a lamb's tail
Instantly, actual quickly. Lambs absolutely were accepted to be active creatures continued before, but this expression, generally beneath to in two shakes, dates alone from the aboriginal nineteenth aeon and originated in America. Mark Twain afflicted it in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) to “three all-overs of a sheep’s tail,” suggesting it was already actual able-bodied accepted by the backward nineteenth century. A agnate cliché, in a trice, which came from a now anachronistic chat acceptation to cull on a braiding and alluded to a distinct pull, is rarely heard today but was acutely accepted from the eighteenth aeon on.Learn more: of, shake, tail, two