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1 lightning
(a flash of electricity between clouds or from a cloud to earth during a storm, usually followed by thunder: The house was struck by lightning.) strela* * *[láitniŋ]nounblisk, strelafiguratively like (greased) lightning — kot blisk -
2 grease
[ɡri:s] 1. noun1) (soft, thick, animal fat.) mast2) (any thick, oily substance: She put grease on the squeaking hinge.) maščoba2. verb(to put grease on, over or in: The mechanic greased the car's axle.) namazati z maščobo- greasy- greasiness* * *I [gri:s]nounloj, mast, maža, mazilo, maščoba; veterinary žuljnata oteklina na konjski nogia grease spot — podlež; poprečnežin grease, in prime ( —ali pride) of grease — zrel za odstrel (jelen); zrel za zakolII [gri:z]transitive verbmazati, z maščobo umazati, podmazati; figuratively podkupiti; okužiti (konja) z oteklino na nogito grease the wheels figuratively odstraniti težavelike greased lightning — bliskovito, ko bi trenil
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like greased lightning — informal extremely rapidly. → grease … English new terms dictionary
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greased lightning — If something or someone moves like greased lightning, they move very fast indeed. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Greased lightning — If something or someone moves like greased lightning, they move very fast indeed … Dictionary of English idioms
greased lightning — noun Something incredibly fast (now mainly used in comparison: like or faster than greased lightning). We find there quite seriously the monstrous hyperboles of swallowing a camel, of having a wooden beam in the eye, of a camels going through the … Wiktionary
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