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词组 like a shot
释义
Idiom
like a shot
if someone does something like a shot, they do it quickly and eagerly.
If I had the chance to go to Paris, I'd be there like a shot.
idiomlike a shotespecially BrE spoken used in order to emphasize that someone goes somewhere or does something very quickly and eagerly:If your mum thought you were in trouble, she'd be round here like a shot.I'd lend her the money like a shot if I thought she'd do something sensible with it.
NoteAlthough this idiom is used by speakers of both British and American English, it is used far more frequently in British English than it is in American.

like a shot

Very quickly and perhaps excitedly. His tires squealed as he drove out of the parking lot like a shot. I took off like a shot when I heard that my best friend's plane had finally landed.

like a shot

Very rapidly, as in When they asked for volunteers, he raised his hand like a shot. This expression alludes to the rapidity of gunfire. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

like a shot

INFORMAL
If you do something like a shot, you do it immediately and usually eagerly. If they offered me the job, I'd be off like a shot. I'd go myself like a shot but David wouldn't let me.

like a shot

without hesitation; willingly. informal

(do something) like a ˈshot

(informal) (do something) immediately or quickly, without hesitating: I’d be off like a shot if he offered me a job abroad.If she wanted him, he’d go back to her like a shot.

like a shot

Very quickly.
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