a mile a minute

mile a minute

At a very rapid pace. Taylor was so excited to tell me about her first day at school that she was talking a mile a minute.

a mile a minute

If you do something or something happens a mile a minute, you do it or it happens very fast. Claire was a good kid, though she talked a mile a minute and Maggie often felt exhausted when she left. His mind works a mile a minute, constantly full of ideas.

a mile a minute

very quickly. informal

As a noun, mile a minute is a popular nickname for the quick-growing climbing plant Russian Vine.

mile a minute, a

Very fast. As one might guess, this term dates only from the days when this literal speed was relatively reasonable. The OED cites its first use in a 1957 issue of Railway Magazine, announcing “a new table of their mile-a-minute runs.” It frequently is used figuratively, as in “He was talking a mile a minute.”

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释义	a mile a minute mile a minute At a very rapid pace. Taylor was so excited to tell me about her first day at school that she was talking a mile a minute. See also: mile, minute Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. a mile a minute If you do something or something happens a mile a minute, you do it or it happens very fast. Claire was a good kid, though she talked a mile a minute and Maggie often felt exhausted when she left. His mind works a mile a minute, constantly full of ideas. See also: mile, minute Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. a mile a minute very quickly. informal As a noun, mile a minute is a popular nickname for the quick-growing climbing plant Russian Vine. See also: mile, minute Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary mile a minute, a Very fast. As one might guess, this term dates only from the days when this literal speed was relatively reasonable. The OED cites its first use in a 1957 issue of Railway Magazine, announcing “a new table of their mile-a-minute runs.” It frequently is used figuratively, as in “He was talking a mile a minute.” See also: mile The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: mile a minute mile a minute, a now by a mile fall over fall over (oneself) minute happens the minute (that) the minute/moment... talk a mile a minute References in periodicals archive He'll start talking a mile a minute he's gonna want to teach you everything! The secret language of like: sneaky ways to let your crush know you pig him--without saying a word!
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