in a flash

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Prepositional phrase

in a flash

1. (idiomatic) Instantaneously; very quickly; in almost no time.

   It happened so fast that it was all over in a flash.

   • 1987, “Sri Ramanasramam Charities”, in Mountain Path‎^[1], volume 24, page 152:

     Therefore its completeness, though instantaneous, was total. His realisation was in a flash, but it did not vanish like a flash.

   Synonyms: fulgurant, fast as lightning, lightning fast, lightning-quick, quick as a flash

   Synonyms: quick as a flash, lightning fast

Translations

very quickly

• German: blitzartig
• Greek: αστραπιαία (el) (astrapiaía)
• Italian: in un baleno (it), in un lampo

• Polish: w lot
• Portuguese: rapidamente (pt)
• Spanish: en un segundo, en un santiamén