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no sooner said than done no sooner said than doneRight away; immediately. A: "Jan, I need you to reorganize the store room." B: "No sooner said than done, boss."See also: done, no, said, soonerno sooner said than donean expression indicating that something has been done quickly and obediently. Jill: Can I help you out? Jane: Yes! Put these files in alphabetical order. Jill: No sooner said than done. The service at the hotel was really remarkable. Everything we asked for was no sooner said than done.See also: done, no, said, soonerno sooner said than doneAccomplished immediately, as in He said we should leave and, no sooner said than done. This expression employs no sooner ... than in the sense of "at once," a usage dating from the mid-1500s. See also: done, no, said, soonerno ˌsooner ˌsaid than ˈdone (of a request) done immediately: When he said he wanted to go to the zoo on his birthday it was no sooner said than done.See also: done, no, said, soonerno sooner said than doneCarried out immediately. This hyperbolic statement dates from Roman times, when it was put Dictum factumque facit frux (by Ennius in Annals, ca. 180 b.c.). Erasmus in Adagia (1508) had Simul et dictum et factum, “At the same time said and done,” and the precise English wording appeared about one and a half centuries later, in Head and Kirkman’s The English Rogue (1671).See also: done, no, said, sooner |