in two shakes

prep_phrase

Definitions

  1. Very quickly

    Very quickly; without delay.

    • by George! we would souse the Lords o' the Admiralty themselves, if they were here, in a couple of shakes
    • She tried to get the case open. . . . "I wish Father was here," said Phyllis; "he'd get it open in two shakes."
    • I'll have coffee ready in two shakes of a cow's tail.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA