in a heartbeat
in a heartbeat
Very quickly; as soon as is possible. If you need me, just call—I'll be there in a heartbeat. Oh, I'd move in a heartbeat—I'm so sick of the cold winters in this region.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
in a heartbeat
Fig. almost immediately. If I had the money, I would go back to college in a heartbeat. Just tell me that you need me and I'll come there in a heartbeat.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
in a ˈheartbeat
very quickly, without thinking about it: If I was offered another job, I’d leave in a heartbeat.See also: heartbeat
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
in a heartbeat
Extremely quickly. This hyperbolic expression—what could actually happen in the space of a single heartbeat?—dates from the late 1800s.
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The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- being
- beating
- (as) cold as a well digger's feet (in January)
- (as) cold as a witch's caress
- caress
- witch
- January
- welldigger