like a dose of salts

very fast and efficiently. British informal

The salts referred to in this expression are laxatives.

1991 Peter Carey The Tax Inspector She's going to go through your old man like a dose of salts.

like a dose of ˈsalts

(old-fashioned, British English, informal) very fast and easily: We’ll go through this house like a dose of salts, cleaning it from top to bottom.

Salts in this phrase are laxatives (= medicine that makes you go to the toilet).

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释义	like a dose of salts like a dose of salts very fast and efficiently. British informal The salts referred to in this expression are laxatives. 1991 Peter Carey The Tax Inspector She's going to go through your old man like a dose of salts. See also: dose, like, of, salt Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary like a dose of ˈsalts (old-fashioned, British English, informal) very fast and easily: We’ll go through this house like a dose of salts, cleaning it from top to bottom. Salts in this phrase are laxatives (= medicine that makes you go to the toilet). See also: dose, like, of, salt Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: how-d'ye-do flow nummers sweat sweats nummy bottle the bottle card carding References in periodicals archive As one assistant to an MP stated, "This article will go through the individual caucuses like a dose of salts." From Bill Mullally re Father Raymond DeSouza and the stem cell debate. (Letters to the Editor)
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