blue streak

blue streak

Something that moves very quickly and unceasingly. A: "Could you follow what Rob said?" B: "Not at all. The way he talks a blue streak, I couldn't keep up!"
See also: blue, streak
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • swear a blue streak
  • like a streak
  • curse a blue streak
  • cuss
  • cuss a blue streak
  • cussed
  • in contention
  • in/out of contention
  • get into stride
  • get into your stride
References in periodicals archive
Alan Bond, right, and, left, Blue Streak at the Farnborough Air Show in 1961.
The Mallard, known as The Blue Streak, at Barkston Junction before departure on the record breaking run
Immediately N of it, in October, a bright white spot and blue streak appeared.
BLUE STREAK: Lampard has a great record at the stadium
Although the news probably won't stop parents from washing kids' mouths out with soap, it turns out that cussing a blue streak may be a good thing.
Ken Ewan, president of Evans, Ewan, & Brady Agency, based in Georgetown, Texas, has been a member of the Blue Streak program since 2004, representing agencies from Central's Southwest region.
First double August 19, 2002, Brighton, on Blue Streak and Timeless Chick
in my shoes.'" >> Reba McEntire, to Blue Streak when asked about gay
Although the show seems designed to generate shock value, cheerful vulgarity is welcome as long as it's clever; "Louie" struggles to make that blue streak feel organic, but give HBO credit for at least seizing upon the familiar sitcom template and trying to enliven it with the "It's not TV" imprimatur.
taped my 'Kate Clinton: Talking a Blue Streak' for a July through September airing" Clinton is a humorist.
Blue Streak, Inside JetBlue, the Upstart that Rocked an Industry, by Barbara S.
Somewhere Lenny Bruce is laughing - and swearing a blue streak.
Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners has designed a 38m-high tower to house the Blue Streak and Thor Abel rockets, the principal exhibits at the National Space Centre in Leicester.
The product's versatility allows consumers to use as much or as little of the product as they want -- for example, some may choose to sport a different hair color each day, others to just apply a pink or blue streak.