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• A lick of paint
• Active listening
• As fast as greased lightning ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
• As fast as his legs could carry him
• As keen as mustard ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
• As quick as a flash
• As sharp as a tack
• At a glance
• At lightning speed
• Bad news travels fast
• Beat a hasty retreat ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
• Beat you to it
• Before the ink was dry
• Before you could say Jack Robinson ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
• Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
• Blazing fast
• Blink and you'll miss it
• Boutros Boutros Ghali ( A catchphrase from The Fast Show )
• Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker ( from a poem by Nash )
• Card sharp ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
• Chop chop ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
• Cut to the chase ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
• Cut to the quick
• Does my bum look big in this? ( A catchphrase from The Fast Show )
• Double quick
• Down to the pub for a quick one
• Fancy a quickie?
• Fast Freddie ( Nickname of Andrew Flintoff - English cricketer )
• Fast acting
• Fast and furious
• Fast as greased lightning
• Fast as his legs could carry him
• Fast buck
• Fast food and good for you ( Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
• Fast forward
• Fast lane
• Fast mover
• Fast movers ( US and Canadian military slang term for jet fighters, especially ground )
• Fast track
• Get Rich quick ( Kenco Really Rich Coffee advertising slogan )
• Get a wiggle on
• Get nowhere fast
• Get off to a flying start
• Get rich quick
• Going nowhere fast
• Happiness is a quick-starting car ( Esso advertising slogan )
• Hard and fast
• Haul ass
• Hold fast
• Hop to it
• Hurry up
• Hurry up and wait
• I Knew You Were Trouble ( Taylor Swift song )
• I was very very drunk ( A catchphrase from The Fast Show )
• I'm a little bit wooooor, a little bit waaaaaaaaaayy, I'm a geezer! ( A catchphrase from Chris The Crafty Cockney In The Fast Show )
• In a flash
• In a jiffy
• In less than no time
• In quick succession
• In record time
• In sharp focus
• In short order
• In the blink of an eye
• Intruder alert
• It's jack-a-licious! ( Jack in the Box fast food chain advertising slogan )
• Jack be nimble Jack be quick ( line from nursery rhyme )
• Jack's back ( Jack in the Box fast food chain advertising slogan )
• Jump to it
• Keen on
• Keen sense of smell
• Kiss me quick
• Life in the fast lane
• Like a dose of salts
• Like a rat up a drainpipe
• Like shit off a shovel
• Like shit through a goose
• Look sharp
• Look sharp, feel sharp ( Gillette advertising slogan )
• Love Story ( Taylor Swift song )
• Make fast
• Make good time
• Make it snappy
• Mongoose Quick Rick ( Nickname of Ricky Davis )
• Nick the Quick ( Nickname of Nick Van Exel )
• No sooner said than done
• Not so fast
• On red alert
• On the alert
• Open warfare ( engaged in active fighting )
• Pat a cake, Pat a cake, baker's man, bake me a cake as fast as you can ( line from nursery rhyme )
• Peachy keen
• Play fast and loose
• Post haste
• Prolongs active life ( PAL dog food advertising slogan )
• Pull a fast one
• Quick and dirty
• Quick buck
• Quick change artist
• Quick off the mark
• Quick on the draw
• Quick one
• Quick smart
• Quick study
• Quick witted
• Quick, Henry, the FLIT! ( Flit insecticide advertising slogan )
• Quicker than lager turns to piss
• Quicker than the eye
• Razor sharp
• Ready and waiting ( alert and prepared for action )
• Red alert
• Revenge mission ( an attempt to seek active retribution )
• Sharp as a tack
• Sharp eyed
• Sharp shooter
• Sharp tongue
• Short sharp shock
• Slow slow quick quick slow
• So fast your feet won't touch the ground
• Spread like wildfire
• Starter marriage
• Suit you, sir ( A catchphrase from The Fast Show )
• Swift half
• The Active voice
• The Fast Gun From Texas ( Nickname of Dan Troop ( John Russell ) )
• The hand is quicker than the eye
• The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
• The quicker picker upper ( Bounty Papertowels advertising slogan )
• The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ( quotation from the Bible - Ecclesiastes
• There's fast food, and then there's KFC ( KFC advertising slogan )
• Thick and fast
• Think fast
• Think on your feet
• Two shakes of a lamb's tail
• Which was nice ( A catchphrase from The Fast Show )
• Wind at your back