(as) quick as lightning

Incredibly quickly or speedily. Did you see that martial arts expert? He threw those kicks as quick as lightning! Quick as lightning, Mary finished her exam and raced out of the classroom.

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(as) red as a cherry
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(as) mad as a wet hen
(as) mad as hops
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(as) neat as ninepence
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(as) nutty as a fruitcake
(as) often as not
(as) old as Adam
(as) old as Methuselah
(as) old as the hills
(as) pale as a ghost
(as) patient as Job
(as) phony as a three-dollar bill
(as) pissed as a newt
(as) plain as a pikestaff
(as) plain as day
(as) plain as the nose on (one's) face
(as) pleased as punch
(as) poor as a church mouse
(as) poor as a Job's turkey
(as) pretty as a picture
(as) proud as a peacock
(as) queer as a three-dollar bill
(as) quick as a bunny
(as) quick as a flash
(as) quick as a wink
(as) quick as anything
(as) quick as lightning
(as) quiet as a lamb
(as) quiet as a mouse
(as) quiet as the grave
(as) rare as hens' teeth
(as) rare as rocking horse crap
(as) rare as rocking horse manure
(as) rare as rocking horse poo
(as) rare as rocking horse shit
(as) red as a cherry
(as) regular as clockwork
(as) rich as Croesus
(as) right as a trivet
(as) right as ninepence
(as) right as rain
(as) round as Giotto's O
(as) safe as houses
(as) scarce as hens' teeth
(as) sharp as a needle
(as) sharp as a razor
(as) sharp as a tack
(as) sharp as a whip
(as) sick as a dog
(as) sick as a parrot
(as) sick as a pig
(as) silent as the dead
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(as) silly as a goose
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(as) slick as a whistle
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