Flynn
/flɪn
/noun (in phrase be in like Flynn) informal, chiefly North American & Australian
Act quickly and impetuously; seize an opportunity.A few million non-votes from people like me, and the Dimmies are in like Flynn, just like in 1992 when we socked it to ol’ ‘Read My Lips’ himself....
- And as soon as we structure our business as a Maori authority, we will be in like Flynn at the 19.5 percent rate.
- Shonky solicitors were in like Flynn, acting for both vender and purchaser on the same deal.
Origin
1940s: probably from Errol Flynn (see Flynn, Errol), known for his wild behaviour.
Rhymes
- finger biscuit
- fingerboard
- finger bowl
- finger buffet
- finger chip
- finger cymbal
- finger-dry
- fingered
- fingerfish
- finger food
- fingerhold
- finger hole
- fingering
- finger jam
- Finger Lakes
- finger language
- fingerless
- finger-licking
- fingerling
- finger lock
- fingermark
- fingernail
- finger of fate
- finger of God
- finger paint