quick as a wink

Example Sentences

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“My brutal honesty,” he replied, quick as a wink.

From Washington Post

That water came right behind us, waltzing up the stairs like it owned the place, and quick as a wink got to swirling around our ankles on the second floor.

From The Guardian

Some of those chaps can reach a dog twenty feet away, and take a nip out of his hide as quick as a wink.

From Project Gutenberg

The inner end is broad and soft and sticky, and he snaps it out and back quick as a wink or a lizard.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, quick as a wink, you should turn and leap back at the shaker, and, before the thing can recover from its surprise, give it a yank which will either rip it from its moorings or cause your own vertebræ to change places with a sharp click.

From Project Gutenberg