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   Stone Wall Art Grad Support Radar Speed Check Camouflage Face Crab Bridge Illusive Animal Kingdom Off The Wall Biker Buffalo Art TitanoBoa Secret Graduation Gift Fish Fingers I'll Be Right There Redneck Sandals Down Under Statue Ventriloquist Isolation

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