thick and fast
Meaning: Rapidly and in large numbers.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “Once the store opened, complaints came in thick and fast.”
Category: Daily Life
Origin: "Thick" meaning dense or crowded. The pairing is found from the early 17th century, and Lewis Carroll used it in "The Walrus and the Carpenter" (1871).
Equivalents in other languages
- French: Tomber comme à Gravelotte — literally: To fall as at Gravelotte
More idioms — Daily Life
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- the end justifies the means — A good result excuses any way of achieving it.
- sweet-talk — To persuade someone with flattery.
- get on the wrong side of — To make someone angry or hostile toward you.
- you can't be in two places at once — One person cannot do two things in different places at the same time.
- play to the gallery — To behave in a way meant to win popular approval.
More English idioms
- Indian summer — A period of warm weather in autumn; also a late, happy period in life.
- an old hand — Someone with long experience at something.
- Ariadne's thread — Something that guides one through a complicated problem.
- a pie-crust promise — A promise that is easily broken.
- drag someone's name through the mud — To damage someone's reputation publicly.
- there's no accounting for taste — People's preferences cannot be explained.
From our compliments & insults
- Tu déchires — You're awesome — you totally rock.
- Eres un sol — You're a lovely, warm-hearted person.
- Eres más bueno que el pan — You are a genuinely good, kind soul.