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单词 in a flash
释义

in a flash

phrase
If you say that something happens in a flash, you mean that it happens suddenly and lasts only a very short time.
The answer had come to him in a flash.
It was done in a flash.
Synonyms: in a moment, in a second, in an instant, in a split second More Synonyms of in a flash
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in a flash

very quickly or suddenly
Sam was out of his hiding place in a flash and crossed the space between him andthe cliff-foot in a couple of leaps.

Examples of 'in a flash' in a sentence
in a flash

Opportunities come and go in a flash.
Christianity Today (2000)
It tends to come to me in a flash in the car on the way home.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Fame can come and go in a flash.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Yet we got answered in a flash when we first rang the sales staff to sign up.
The Sun (2014)
If a camera appears, they come out in a flash.
The Sun (2015)
In a flash he answered: 'I want to make money.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

Chinese translation of 'in a flash'

in a flash

  1. 一刹那间(間) (yīchànà jiān)
See flash

Nearby words of
in a flash

  • in a daze
  • in a different guise
  • in a figurative sense
  • in a flash
  • in a fury
  • in a loud/soft voice
  • in a manner of speaking
(idiom) 
The answer came to him in a flash.
Synonyms
in a moment
in a second
in an instant
in a split second
in a trice
in a jiffy (informal)
in the twinkling of an eye
in a twinkling
in two shakes of a lamb's tail (informal)
in the bat of an eye (informal)
See flash

Nearby words of
in a flash

  • impute
  • in
  • in (the) future
  • in a flash
  • in a huff
  • in a hurry
  • in a row

Synonyms of 'in a flash'

in a flash

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