in a brace of shakes 成语

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great shakes

(See no great shakes)

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in two shakes of a lamb

quickly, in no time at all I will have this finished in two shakes of a lamb

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in two shakes (of a lamb's tail)

very soon, in a couple of seconds, in a sec I'll be with you in two shakes. I just have to turn off the lights.

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in two shakes of a lamb's tail

very quickly and without difficulty Wait one minute. I will be able to help you in two shakes of a lamb's tail.

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no great shakes

not special, not superior, not so hot I've tasted Granny apples. They're no great shakes.

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in two shakes of a lamb's tail|lamb|lamb's tail|sh

adv., informal Quickly; in no time at all. I'll be back in two shakes of a lamb's tail.

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no great shakes|great shakes|shake|shakes

adj., informal Mediocre; unimportant. Joe Wilson is no great shakes.

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in two shakes

in two shakes
Also, in two shakes of a lamb's tail Very quickly, very soon, as in I'll be with you in two shakes, or She'll be finished in two shakes of a lamb's tail. The longer idiom alludes to the friskiness of lambs; the shorter one may be an abbreviation of the longer one, or it may refer to the shaking of dice or any two quick movements. [Early 1800s]

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two shakes of a lamb's tail

two shakes of a lamb's tail
see in two shakes.

in a brace of shakes

Instantly, quickly, or in an acutely abbreviate bulk of time, as of a assignment or event. "Brace," taken from the old French for the arms' across from duke to hand, agency twice; the byword as a accomplished refers either to an old abyssal term, acceptation the time it takes the captain to agitate alert as it takes up the wind, or abroad the abbreviate time it takes to agitate a dice-box twice. I'll accept that accessible for you in a brace of shakes. We'll be there in a brace of shakes.Learn more: brace, of, shake

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