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as quick as a flash/wink

if you do something as quick as a flash, you do it very quickly. Quick as a flash, he snatched the book and ran out of the room.

See also: quick, wink

a flash in the pan

something that happens only once or for a short time and will not be repeated. We're hoping that this is a long-term opportunity, and not just a flash in the pan.

See also: pan

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a flash in the pan

briefly successful or popular. At first, some of the major record labels thought rock ’n’ roll was just a flash in the pan.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the form no flash in the pan successful or popular for more than a brief period: This trend is no flash in the pan.

See also: pan

in a flash

suddenly. She remembered the answer in a flash. I heard her scream and in a flash was back in the house.