In a trice
Idiomatic translations of "In a trice"
Arabic
في غمضة عين
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Arabic
ينتشر كالنار في الهشيم
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Azerbaijani
Qaşla göz arasında
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Chinese
轉眼之間
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Danish
På et øjeblik
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Danish
nul komma fem
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Danish
i en håndevending
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Dutch
In één (of twee) tellen
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English
In (or like) a flash
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English
nothing flat
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English
in two shakes of a lamb's tail
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English
soon to now
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English
In the twinkling of an eye
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English
In a New York minute
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English
In a heartbeat
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English
In a jiffy
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English
hemencecik
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Esperanto
Videbla kiel (kvazaŭ) sur manplato
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French
en un rien de temps
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French
Du jour au lendemain
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German
im Handumdrehen
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German
im Bruchteil einer Sekunde
German
sich wie ein Lauffeuer verbreiten
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Greek
στη στιγμή
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Greek
Εν ριπή οφθαλμού
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Greek
σε κλάσματα δευτερολέπτου
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Hindi
पलक झपकते ही
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Hindi
सड़ाक से
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Hindi
आँख मारते मारते
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Hungarian
Egy szempillantás alatt
Italian
A colpo d'occhio
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Japanese
瞬きする間に
Kazakh
Көз ашып жұмғанша
Kurdish (Kurmanji)
لەماوەى یەك چركەدا
Kurdish (Kurmanji)
لە چاو تروكانێك دا
Macedonian
додека да трепнеш
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Persian
در یک چشم به هم زدن
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Polish
W oka mgnieniu
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Portuguese
Num piscar de olhos.
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Romanian
cât ai clipi
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Romanian
într-o fracţiune de secundă
Serbian
Za tren oka
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Serbian
У тили час
Slovak
V bžiku/ mihnutím oka
Slovak
V bžiku
Spanish
En cero coma
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Spanish
En un instante
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Spanish
En un abrir y cerrar de ojos
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Spanish
En un decir amén
Spanish
En dos patadas
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Spanish
En menos que canta un gallo
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Swedish
I ett nafs
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Turkish
göz açıp kapayıncaya kadar
Ukrainian
Як оком змигнути
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Meanings of "In a trice"
English
In a single moment or movement, without delay. Trice comes from Middle Dutch and means to pull quickly (on a rope through a pulley is an example).
English
To do something immediately.
"In a trice" in lyrics
SvetlanaVasily Zhukovsky
At the silken reins.
They sit… the horses set off in a trice;
Pretty CrazyNova y Jory
And we went crazy pretty crazy pretty crazy pretty crazy I came and I hitted myself and against the wall
I grabbed her and didn't show off baby you let loose in a trice
That's how it is run my machine come do me a strip-tease go make me upside down
Interstellar JourneyHOYO-MiX
[Verse]
Get rid of debris from the rusty time, those years (Those years)
Don't stand in a daze looking for a sign, start in a trice
OrchidsYin Xia
But the Orchids have not even a bud.
In a trice it's autumn, move the orchids into the conservatory,
Cherish and care for them everyday. Can't forget them every night.
The Lonely DreamWord of Honor (OST)
Having been through ups and downs in Jianghu, the rest of my life goes in vain
Will dreams take flight with the wind only if some expectations are failed
In a trice, everything is the testimony of the past prevailed
All the memories hard to bid farewell to are like a lonely dream
Warszawianka (1831)Casimir Delavigne
Punish the Polish mutinied companies,
Their fields have no Balkans,
In a trice we shall crush poles a sort».
Stand! This breast will stand for the Balkans:
In a Contemplative FashionGilbert and Sullivan
[Marco with the Others]
To Gianetta I was mated; / Let us grasp the situation
I can prove it in a trice: / Solve the complicated plot
Though her charms are overrated,
Daisy Bell (German)The Amazing Digital Circus (OST)
Daisy, sweety,
Answer in a trice
(Ugh, you're seriously starting to sing that?!
JanuaryErich Kästner
The buzzard draws its circles tight and tighter.
It’s said the days do once again grow longer.
Unobtrusive, they pass by in a trice.
snowflakemzlff
You need to stop, winter is our equilibrium,
Three months work like magic, Yet further, it seems like there's no culmination in sight
And we aimlessly spend our time on the author and the tale. A tale like this will never become a bestseller in a trice
Your love is ...
The VarsovianPolish Patriotic Songs
Punish the Polish mutinied companies,
Their fields have no Balkans,
In a trice we shall crush poles a sort».
Stand! This breast will stand for the Balkans:
On Seducing an AngelBertolt Brecht
rub your stiff gland
on its arse, face to the wall,
and in a trice
fuck it until it starts to moan
The Cremation of Sam McGeeRobert W. Service
Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay;
It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the 'Alice May.'
And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum;
The CatOgden Nash
Eventually you get a mouse.
You get some words regarding mice,
You get a kitty in a trice.
By two a.m. or thereabouts,
The Obscure MiracleDariush
O the obscure miracle, be an apparent twist of fate
Just for one moment, just in a trice, be like a blossom
From the crack of this ghostly withered corner
The Cat Metamorphosed Into a WomanJean de La Fontaine
Disturb'd the nuptial joys.
Excited by the noise,
The bride sprang at them in a trice;
The mice were scared and fled.
I walked to my abodeU-Piter
But then Snow saw ya
He melted in a trice.
Only water entire,
Prologue: Off to the WoodInto the Woods (Musical)
So off to the wood
And away in a trice,
The need compels us,
Old AgeJohann Wolfgang von Goethe
‘Enter’? No-one gives him a shout.
But he’s not one for hanging about,
He lifts the latch and in a trice
There he is. They call him rude and not nice.
Million dollar buttocksPedro's Heavy Gentlemen
Those resplendent rear ends1
When the campaign required an ad
It was made in a trice
A pear shape, and cusps in that
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