faster than you can say Jack Robinson



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faster than you can say Jack Robinson

Extremely quickly; almost immediately; suddenly or in a very short space of time. Once I'm finished with high school, I'll be outta this two-bit town faster than you can say Jack Robinson! I was out fishing one day when, faster than you can say Jack Robinson, a 20-pound trout jumped out of the water and right into my lap!
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Porsche[pɔtʃ]
IwanEE-wan (Welsh), EE-vahn (Polish)Welsh, Polish
Ella (2)EL-ə (English), EL-lah (Finnish)English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Carmo-Portuguese
Balbino-Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Thanos-Greek