Quick as a wink Meaning: Very speedily. Example: He was out of here quick as a wink. Origin: First recorded in 1825. One wink = 1/10 second. Source: “Word And Phrase Origins” by Robert Hendrickson. Related terms: Quick as a bunny; Quick as a flash; Quick as greased lightning; Greased lightning. ______________________________________________________________________________ Quick as greased lightning Meaning: Extremely fast. Example: Origin: This is an Americanism dating from about the 1840s, but is a typical western exaggeration of the British “quick as lightning”, first recorded 100 years earlier. “Quicker than hell can scorch a feather” is a similar Americanism from the mid-19th Century. Source: “Word And Phrase Origins” by Robert Hendrickson. Related terms: Quick as a wink; Greased lightning. ______________________________________________________________________________ Quid pro quo   Meaning: One thing in return for another. Example: What is the quid pro quo for my entering into this deal? Origin: Quid pro quo is Latin for "something for something." Shakespeare used a similar expression in Henry VI (1591): "I cry you mercy, 'tis but Quid for Quo." ______________________________________________________________________________ Quiet as a mouse   Meaning: Silent or still; making very little noise; saying nothing; hushed, subdued. Example: Returning from the disco at 3 AM, Roger walked quiet as a mouse into his bedroom. Origin: ."Quiet as a mouse" goes back to the late 1500s. Mice are quiet little animals who scurry almost noiselessly in search of food, especially in the dark of night. ______________________________________________________________________________ Quit your belly aching   Meaning: Stop complaining, bitching, or whining. Example: Quit your belly aching and get a job. Origin: Someone afflicted with a bellyache might do a bit of complaining. The phrase might be a shortened version of "quit telling me about your belly aching". Send your additions, corrections/typos or new phrases/clichés to joe-ks.com Back to Clichés/Phrases Main Index Quotes The Ultimate Phobia List - Real and Imagined joe-ks.com - Newest   Vatican Chess Pentecost Sunday Nun Chairs - Great Looking Legs Organ Donor Moldy Bible Gyprock Prayer Barn Art Submarine Tea NAACP Cover Up Quad Shot Princess Parking Restaurant Wait-er How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? Butterfly Lens Pike Mouth Nest

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