like greased lightning

huele a rayos — * it smells awful

sabe a rayos — * it tastes awful

¡a los demás que les parta un rayo! — and the rest of them can go to hell! *

¡rayos! — * dammit! *

¿qué rayos es eso? — * what in hell's name is that? *

un rayo de luz — a ray o beam (of light)

como un rayo — (fam) <salir/pasar> to go out/shoot by like greased lightning (colloq)

echar rayos y centellas — to fume (colloq)

que te/lo parta un rayo — (fam)

que te parta un rayo! — you can go to hell for all I care! (colloq)

ellos se van y a mí que me parta un rayo — they go off and don't give a damn about me! (colloq)

un rayo de luz — a ray o beam (of light)

como un rayo — (fam) <salir/pasar> to go out/shoot by like greased lightning (colloq)

echar rayos y centellas — to fume (colloq)

que te/lo parta un rayo — (fam)

que te parta un rayo! — you can go to hell for all I care! (colloq)

ellos se van y a mí que me parta un rayo — they go off and don't give a damn about me! (colloq)

Ex: The article is entitled 'Catch the lightning: keeping current with the Net'.

Ex: For one, the record is made by a moving beam of electrons rather than a moving pointer, for the reason that an electron beam can sweep across the picture very rapidly indeed.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Catch the lightning: keeping current with the Net'.

Ex: The idea came to her in a flash like greased lightning.

iba como un bólido — * he was really shifting *

salió/pasó como (un) bólido — he went out/shot by like greased lightning (colloq)

salió/pasó como (un) bólido — he went out/shot by like greased lightning (colloq)

Ex: Some people are interested in photography or painting or dress-making or hot-rods.

encender la mecha — (lit, fig) to light the fuse

aguantar mecha — (fam) to grin and bear it, stand the gaff (AmE colloq)

a toda mecha — (fam) like greased lightning (colloq)

mira cómo tienes las mechas! — look at the state of your hair! (colloq)

ser tirado de las mechas — (CS fam) to be ridiculous

aguantar mecha — (fam) to grin and bear it, stand the gaff (AmE colloq)

a toda mecha — (fam) like greased lightning (colloq)

mira cómo tienes las mechas! — look at the state of your hair! (colloq)

ser tirado de las mechas — (CS fam) to be ridiculous

Ex: The book contains the following chapters: Sparking the fuse for literacy; Home is where the start is; Library lures to literacy; and Independent study programs in literature.

salió como una centella del cuarto — he was out of the room as quick as a flash o in a flash

como una centella — like greased lightning

como una centella — like greased lightning

juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

• como sea — at all costs

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.