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
Severianose-ve-RYAH-noItalian, Spanish
LÁIlÁ-Sami
&Thorn;ÓRfrÍ&Eth;R-Ancient Scandinavian
Hinrik-Icelandic
SueSOOEnglish
Tania['tæniə]