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
Fadil-Arabic
AideenAY-deen Irish
Mead[mi:d]
Arda-Turkish
Nosizwe-Southern African, Xhosa
Adrienne['eidri.en]