quicker

quicker than hell

Incredibly quickly or speedily. Mary finished her exam and raced out of the classroom quicker than hell. Everyone was expecting an epic, length fight between the two legendary boxers, but Robinson dropped his opponent to the mat quicker than hell.
See also: hell, quicker

quicker than you can say Jack Robinson

Extremely quickly; almost immediately; suddenly or in a very short space of time. Once I'm finished with high school, I'll be outta this two-bit town quicker than you can say Jack Robinson! I was out fishing one day when, quicker than you can say Jack Robinson, a 20-pound trout jumped out of the water and right into my lap!
See also: can, jack, quicker, Robinson, say
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

before you can say Jack Robinson

 and quicker than you can say Jack Robinson
Fig. almost immediately. (Often found in children's stories.) And before you could say Jack Robinson, the bird flew away. I'll catch a plane and be there quicker than you can say Jack Robinson.
See also: before, can, jack, Robinson, say

quicker than hell

Inf. very fast. You got over here quicker than hell. Be careful in the stock market. You can lose all your money quicker than hell.
See also: hell, quicker
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

before you can say Jack Robinson

Also, quicker than you can say Jack Robinson. Almost immediately, very soon, as in I'll finish this book before you can say Jack Robinson. This expression originated in the 1700s, but the identity of Jack Robinson has been lost. Grose's Classical Dictionary (1785) said he was a man who paid such brief visits to acquaintances that there was scarcely time to announce his arrival before he had departed, but it gives no further documentation. A newer version is before you know it, meaning so soon that you don't have time to become aware of it (as in He'll be gone before you know it).
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

before you can say Jack Robinson

very quickly or suddenly. informal
This expression was in use in the late 18th century, but neither an early 19th-century popular song about Jack Robinson nor some mid 19th-century attempts to identify the eponymous Jack Robinson shed any light on its origins.
See also: before, can, jack, Robinson, say
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

before you can say Jack ˈRobinson

(old-fashioned) very quickly or suddenly: I’ll do that for you. I’ll have it finished before you can say Jack Robinson.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

quicker than hell

mod. very fast. Be careful in the stock market. You can lose all your money quicker than hell.
See also: hell, quicker
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

before you can say Jack Robinson

At once, instantly. No one seems to be able to trace this term precisely or to discover the identity of Jack Robinson. Its earliest documented use was in 1778 in Fanny Burney’s Evelina (“I’d do it as soon as say Jack Robinson”). It appears in Dickens’s A Christmas Carol and Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. According to Francis Grose’s Classical Dictionary (1785), the original Jack Robinson was a gentleman who called on his neighbors so peremptorily that there was hardly time to announce him before he was gone.
See also: before, can, jack, Robinson, say
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • quicker than hell
  • (as) quick as a bunny
  • quick like a bunny
  • (as) fast as lightning
  • (as) quick as lightning
  • at lightning speed
  • at/with lightning speed
  • quick as a flash
  • quick as a wink
  • (as) quick as a flash
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