mile a minute



mile a minute

At a very rapid pace. Taylor was so excited to tell me about her first day at school that she was talking a mile a minute.
See also: mile, minute

*mile a minute

Fig. very fast. (*Typically: go ~; move ~; talk ~; travel ~.) She talks a mile a minute and is very hard to keep up with.
See also: mile, minute

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Syed-Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali
Gross[grəus]
Gisellezhee-ZEL (French), ji-ZEL (English)French, English (Modern)
DenDENEnglish
Annalee-English (Rare)
MarjoryMAHR-jə-reeEnglish