- like lightning
- с быстротой молнии, молниеносно
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь. 2001.
like lightning
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like lightning — like (greased) lightning very quickly * * * like (greased) lightning informal : very quickly The news traveled across the country like lightning. moving like greased lightning • • • Main Entry: ↑l … Useful english dictionary
Son of Man comes like lightning or the great flood — ▪ Table Table 4: Son of Man comes like lightning or the great flood Matthew 24:27, 37 39 For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.... 37For as the days of Noah were, so will… … Universalium
like greased lightning — Extremely quickly • • • Main Entry: ↑grease * * * informal extremely fast you come up with plans faster than greased lightning * * * like greased lightning see ↑lightning, 1 • • • … Useful english dictionary
like (greased) lightning — phrase very quickly Thesaurus: quicklysynonym Main entry: lightning * * * like (greased) ˈlightning idiom very fast … Useful english dictionary
lightning — [līt′niŋ] n. [ME lightninge < lightnen, to LIGHTEN1] 1. a flash of light in the sky caused by the discharge of atmospheric electricity from one cloud to another or between a cloud and the earth 2. such a discharge of electricity vi. to give… … English World dictionary
lightning — light|ning1 [ˈlaıtnıŋ] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: lighten to become less dark ] 1.) a powerful flash of light in the sky caused by electricity and usually followed by ↑thunder ▪ Two farmworkers were struck by lightning (=hit by lightning) .… … Dictionary of contemporary English
lightning — 1 noun (U) 1 a powerful flash of light in the sky caused by electricity and usually followed by thunder: be struck by lightning (=be hit by lightning) 2 like lightning extremely quickly: The horse streaked like lightning down the track. 2… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
like mad — Synonyms and related words: a corps perdu, all to pieces, carelessly, demonically, desperately, fanatically, fiercely, frantically, frenetically, furiously, happen what may, hastily, head over heels, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, heedlessly … Moby Thesaurus
lightning never strikes the same place twice — 1857 P. H. MYERS Prisoner of Border xii. They did not hit me at all... Lightning never strikes twice in the same place, nor cannon balls either, I presume. 1942 P. WILDE Tinsley’s Bones x. The Witness: They say that lightning never strikes twice… … Proverbs new dictionary
Lightning (Final Fantasy) — Lightning CG render of Lightning Series Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIII First game Final Fantasy XIII (2009) … Wikipedia
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