like greased lightning

Example Sentences

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Her crochet hook was racing like greased lightning by then.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

I went down it like greased lightning and came out at the bottom of it and once again I was on the floor.

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl

They keep a guarded eye on you and allow you to get within a reasonable distance, but if you go an inch beyond that they are off like greased lightning.

From The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" by Davidson, George

Again I sneezed, when off they scampered, disappearing like greased lightning, as our American cousins say, through countless crevices and holes and other openings I had not before perceived.

From Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures by Groome, William H. C.

It can run, as the proverb says, like "greased lightning."

From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Lynd, Robert