no sooner said than done
no sooner said than done
Right away; immediately. A: "Jan, I need you to reorganize the store room." B: "No sooner said than done, boss."
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
no sooner said than done
an expression indicating that something has been done quickly and obediently. Jill: Can I help you out? Jane: Yes! Put these files in alphabetical order. Jill: No sooner said than done. The service at the hotel was really remarkable. Everything we asked for was no sooner said than done.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
no sooner said than done
Accomplished immediately, as in He said we should leave and, no sooner said than done. This expression employs no sooner ... than in the sense of "at once," a usage dating from the mid-1500s.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
no ˌsooner ˌsaid than ˈdone
(of a request) done immediately: When he said he wanted to go to the zoo on his birthday it was no sooner said than done.See also: done, no, said, sooner
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
no sooner said than done
Carried out immediately. This hyperbolic statement dates from Roman times, when it was put Dictum factumque facit frux (by Ennius in Annals, ca. 180 b.c.). Erasmus in Adagia (1508) had Simul et dictum et factum, “At the same time said and done,” and the precise English wording appeared about one and a half centuries later, in Head and Kirkman’s The English Rogue (1671).
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The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- no time like the present
- no time like the present, there's
- there's no time like the present
- that's better
- be done to a turn
- done to a turn
- good as done
- good as done, as
- as good as done
- done and done