lightning quick

lightning quick

Incredibly fast; too quick to keep up with. Hyphenated if used before a noun. Did you see that martial arts expert? His kicks were lightning quick! My brother has a lightning-quick wit.
See also: lightning, quick
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • (as) quick as lightning
  • (as) quick as greased lightning
  • (as) fast as greased lightning
  • quick march
  • (as) quick as a flash
  • (as) quick as a wink
  • quick as a flash
  • quick as a wink
  • lightning
  • bunny
References in periodicals archive
"He's lightning quick, he'll be as quick as any player in the Premier League next season.
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But he boasts the perfect game for Augusta - plenty of power and a putting touch to cope with the lightning quick greens.
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The technology that drives the Labs' service robot is state-of-the-art, combining aluminum casing with multi-sensor data functionality and parallel computing for lightning quick responses.
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The 37-year-old Kaif, a lightning quick fielder and a useful middle-order batsman, decided to quit on the same day he hit the memorable knock - July 13.
Indian batsman Mohammad Kaif announces retirement from cricket
On Lightning Quick, Murtagh added: "She has been with us a while now so we are getting to know her.
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Despite the cold conditions Hulson clocked a lightning quick 14:00, just one second behind race winner Sam Stabler (Wreake & Soar Valley) helping Liverpool to fourth team on the night.
Hulson leads strong Liverpool charge
We've got so much pace in the team, whether it's Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mane, Mohamed Salah, who is lightning quick, or even Roberto Firmino, who has proved no slouch either.
Jurgen now able to tinker with his team
The first hour-long episode, running until August 11, is Love, made up of lightning quick oneliners and offbeat observations about things that Des loves, his journey and luck in love through the years and relationship stuff.
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The Irishman, who is set to be pitched in against the Dons today, said: "Everything has happened lightning quick. I was preparing for Under-20s on Thursday but then Huddersfield signed a new left-back and right away I was flying up to Glasgow to agree a five-month loan deal with Thistle.
Carroll: My move up north to the Premiership was Partick-ularly fast
"They had the lightning quick winger (Douala) who probably ran past me about 50 times!" he laughed.
Technically gifted and fast as anyone I ever came across
Despite lightning quick breast stroke and freestyle sprints the team didn't manage to qualify for the nal proper in the afternoon.
Boys pull off a masterstroke
MICHAEL OWEN: ENGLAND HE was voted the Young Player of the Tournament and, at 18, he was lightning quick.
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AL QUDS (TAP) - The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Tuesday, ordered new parliamentary elections in early 2013, roughly eight months ahead ofschedule, setting the stage for a lightning quick campaign that will likelywin him re-election.
Israeli PM Netanyahu announces early elections
The success of Craig Bellamy has shown that any new arrival must be lightning quick. It will help stretch teams even more and might enable more midfield players to get into the box, which is something I still don't think Liverpool are particularly good at.
Liverpool need foil to play with Suarez
The semi automatic DSG has a seven-speed box, complete with a sport mode and steering wheel mounted paddles and a lightning quick change.
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