12 phrases found for the topic Speed
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Phrase: As slow as molasses
Meaning: Very slow.
Examples:
This desktop computer runs as slow as molasses because it is very old. You should buy a new one.
Come on! Keep going! You're as slow as molasses.
Date: 14-04-2021
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Phrase: Like the wind
Meaning: Very fast.
Examples:
Cheetahs run like the wind.
I saw a man running like the wind. I think he was fleeing from someone.
Date: 03-06-2018
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Phrase: More haste, less speed
Meaning: Doing things very fast may take more time to be carried out because they may need to be done again, or fixed...
Date: 02-10-2017
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Phrase: In the blink of an eye
Meaning: Very fast, instantaneously.
Examples
I saw her, and I wanted to talk to her, but I just turned round, and she was no longer there. She had disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The weather here can change in the blink of an eye.
This valley is twenty thousand years old. In geological terms, it is a blink of an eye.
Date: 25-02-2015
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Phrase: Do something on the fly
Meaning: To do something fast
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Phrase: Hold one's horses
Meaning: Wait! Don't go so fast! We have to think about it.
Examples:
Hold your horses! We may find something better somewhere else.
I'm coming! Hold your horses!
You're driving too fast. Hold your horses! There's a speed limit here.
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Phrase: Run (etc) like hell
Meaning: Run as fast as you can: The children ran like hell when they saw the masked man approaching
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Phrase: Run (or go, drive, etc) hell for leather
Meaning: Run as fast as you can: The robber ran hell for leather when he saw the police
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Phrase: Slow and steady wins the race
Sent by Anuradha Rao
Email: anu919@hotmail.com
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Phrase: Slowly but surely
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Phrase: Spread like wildfire
Meaning: Very fast: The news of the accident spread like wildfire.
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Phrase: The slower you go, the further you get
Meaning: If we rush things, we get tired too soon
Sent by David Levi
Email: jdlevi78@hotmail.com
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