like greased lightning
Example Sentences
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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
Her crochet hook was racing like greased lightning by then.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
She ain't making any fuss about it, but she's a-slipping along like greased lightning, deep and mighty powerful.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
One year they had spent hours working it up so that you slipped along like greased lightning as you danced.
From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah
He was a long-legged fellow, and could run like greased lightning.
From Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller by McClure, Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly)
