in a flash

English

Adjective

in a flash (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Instantaneous, very quick, in a very short amount of time.
   • 1987, in Mountain Path, volume 24,^[1] Sri Ramanasramam Charities, page 152:

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

Adverb

in a flash (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Very quickly

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

Translations

very quickly

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

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