mile a minute, a



mile a minute, a

Very rapidly, as in She was talking a mile a minute about the accident. This expression, alluding to the literal speed of 60 miles per hour, dates from the mid-1900s, when that speed was considered very fast, but it has survived into times of much greater velocity.
See also: mile

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Amatoah-MAH-toItalian
JodyJO-deeEnglish
Zhihao-Chinese
ErvĪNs-Latvian
Anoop-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam
Euandros-Greek Mythology