in a jiffy

in a jiff(y)

Immediately, very quickly, or at once. Just call us on this number if you have any problems, and we'll be back in a jiffy. Don't worry, boss, I'll have this report typed up in a jiffy!

in a jiffy

In only a short amount of time; very quickly or at once. Just call us on this number if you have any problems, and we'll be back in a jiffy. Don't worry, boss, I'll have this report typed up in a jiffy!
See also: jiffy
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

in a jiffy

Fig. very fast; very soon. Just wait a minute. I'll be there in a jiffy. I'll be finished in a jiffy.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

in a jiff(y)

mod. right away; immediately. (see also jiffy.) The clerk’ll be with you in a jiff.
See also: jiffy
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a jiff
  • jiff
  • boss man
  • too many cooks spoil the broth
  • too many cooks spoil the soup
  • too many cooks spoil the stew
  • boss lady
  • don't tell a soul
  • not tell a soul
References in classic literature
First of all it was up wid the windy in a jiffy, and thin she threw open her two peepers to the itmost, and thin it was a little gould spy-glass that she clapped tight to one o' them and divil may burn me if it didn't spake to me as plain as a peeper cud spake, and says it, through the spy-glass: "Och!
And then ounly percave the cuteness of the swate angel, for no sooner did she obsarve that I was afther the squazing of her flipper, than she up wid it in a jiffy, and put it away behind her back, jist as much as to say, "Now thin, Sir Pathrick O'Grandison, there's a bitther chance for ye, mavourneen, for it's not altogether the gentaal thing to be afther the squazing of my flipper right full in the sight of that little furrenner Frinchman, Mounseer Maiter-di-dauns."
Why, sold off in a jiffy, and no character, and I might find myself slaved about under a butcher's boy, or worked to death at some seaside place where no one cared for me, except to find out how fast I could go, or be flogged along in some cart with three or four great men in it going out for a Sunday spree, as I have often seen in the place I lived in before I came here; no," said he, shaking his head, "I hope I shall never come to that."
In a jiffy I had slipped over the side and curled up in the fore-sheets of the nearest boat, and almost at the same moment she shoved off.
While they were talking, Robin had been nimbly changing clothes with the old woman, through the window, and in a jiffy he stood forth complete, even to the spindle and twine.
he'd be gone in a jiffy!" We've had: "It's because he's a huge fan of the American peanut butter Jif, spreads it on his toast every morning by all accounts."
A work colleague often takes too long to do his job, saying he'll have it done "in a jiffy".
We've had: "It's because he had lightning pace...he'd be gone in a jiffy!"
We've had: "It's because he had lightning pace...he'd be gone in a jiffy!" We've had: "It's because he's a huge fan of the American peanut butter Jif, spreads it on his toast every morning by all accounts."
Summary: Patiala (Punjab) [India], Dec 23 (ANI): Reacting on his coach Uwe Hohn voicing concerns over the delay in procuring equipment, insufficient support staff and poor diet, Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Sunday said that "things can't happen in a jiffy" in a big country.
Author Prasenjeet Kumar (of the celebrated website cookinginajiffy.com and the writer of the "How to Cook Everything in a Jiffy" series of cookbooks) has arranged with Amazon to let his third Kindle e-book "Healthy Cooking In A Jiffy: The Complete No Fad, No Diet Handbook" goABSOLUTELY FREE for five days from 27 March 2014 to 31 March 2014 (US Pacific Standard Time).
The North Yorkshire handler runs In A Jiffy in the opening 6f seller at Ripon (2.25) and he is an interesting runner making his debut in the basement grade as Barron has a 44 per cent strike-rate with his selling debutants.
QWhen someone uses the term "back in a jiffy", how long do they mean?
That bomb, in a jiffy bag, exploded in the hands of a post room worker.
"The device was contained in a Jiffy bag in a VCR cassette that had an explosive substance inside it," said Det Chief Insp John Smith, of West Midlands Police.