before can say Jack Robinson



before you can say Jack Robinson

  (old-fashioned)
if you say that something happens before you can say Jack Robinson, it happens very suddenly I offered her a chocolate but before you could say Jack Robinson she'd eaten half the box.
See also: before, can, jack, Robinson, say

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HajniHAWY-neeHungarian
Iuvenalis-Ancient Roman
DirkDIRK (Dutch), DEERK (German), DURK (English)Dutch, German, English
AhtiAHH-tee (Finnish) Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Dana (4)-Persian, Arabic
Jathbiyya-Arabic