Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.
greased lightning — If something or someone moves like greased lightning, they move very fast indeed … The small dictionary of idiomes
Greased Lightning — Infobox Film name = Greased Lightning imdb id = 0076106 writer = Leon Capetanos Lawrence DuKore Melvin Van Peebles Kenneth Vose starring = Richard Pryor Beau Bridges Pam Grier director = Michael Schultz producer = Lester Berman Hannah Weinstein… … Wikipedia
greased lightning — noun Something incredibly fast (now mainly used in comparison: like or faster than greased lightning). We find there quite seriously the monstrous hyperboles of swallowing a camel, of having a wooden beam in the eye, of a camels going through the … Wiktionary
greased lightning — If something or someone moves like greased lightning, they move very fast indeed. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
greased lightning — very, very fast; faster than a speeding bullet Oh, I ve slowed down a bit over the years. When I was a teenager they used to call me Jimmy greased lightning Fraser … English idioms
Greased lightning — If something or someone moves like greased lightning, they move very fast indeed … Dictionary of English idioms
Greased Lightning (song) — Greased Lightning is a Broadway song from the musical and film version, Grease … Wikipedia
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
like greased lightning — old fashioned if someone does something like greased lightning, they do it very quickly. I mentioned work and he was out of the room like greased lightning … New idioms dictionary
