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:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Latisha	lə-TISH-ə, lə-TEESH-ə	African American
Chelle	SHEL	English
Urd	-	Norse Mythology
Anja	AHN-yah (Swedish, Finnish, Croatian, Serbian, German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, German, Dutch
Caitlin	KAHT-leen (Irish), KAYT-lin (English)	Irish, English
Josefine	yo-se-FEEN (Swedish), yo-ze-FEE-nə (German)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German