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Greased Lightning
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What does Greased Lightning mean?
noun
- Something incredibly fast (now mainly used in comparison: like or faster than greased lightning).
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You would delight in Avery, my cuddy man, who is as quick as ‘greased lightning’, and full of fun.
I was so breathless after my run, and my arms were so shaky, that it was all I could do to keep the sight on the fierce-looking target and I thought to myself, as the rifle barrel wobbled about, "If I don't knock him over with the first shot, he will be out of these bushes and down on me like greased lightning--and then I know what to expect."