In a trice
Idiomatic translations of "In a trice"
Meanings of "In a trice"
In a single moment or movement, without delay. Trice comes from Middle Dutch and means to pull quickly (on a rope through a pulley is an example).
To do something immediately.
"In a trice" în versuri
At the silken reins.
They sit… the horses set off in a trice;
And we went crazy pretty crazy pretty crazy pretty crazy I came and I hitted myself and against the wall
I grabbed her and didn't show off baby you let loose in a trice
That's how it is run my machine come do me a strip-tease go make me upside down
HOYO-MiX - Interstellar Journey
[Verse]
Get rid of debris from the rusty time, those years (Those years)
Don't stand in a daze looking for a sign, start in a trice
But the Orchids have not even a bud.
In a trice it's autumn, move the orchids into the conservatory,
Cherish and care for them everyday. Can't forget them every night.
Word of Honor (OST) - The Lonely Dream
Having been through ups and downs in Jianghu, the rest of my life goes in vain
Will dreams take flight with the wind only if some expectations are failed
In a trice, everything is the testimony of the past prevailed
All the memories hard to bid farewell to are like a lonely dream
Casimir Delavigne - Warszawianka (1831)
Punish the Polish mutinied companies,
Their fields have no Balkans,
In a trice we shall crush poles a sort».
Stand! This breast will stand for the Balkans:
Gilbert and Sullivan - In a Contemplative Fashion
[Marco with the Others]
To Gianetta I was mated; / Let us grasp the situation
I can prove it in a trice: / Solve the complicated plot
Though her charms are overrated,
You need to stop, winter is our equilibrium,
Three months work like magic, Yet further, it seems like there's no culmination in sight
And we aimlessly spend our time on the author and the tale. A tale like this will never become a bestseller in a trice
Your love is genuine, but feelings cannot be forced
The Amazing Digital Circus (OST) - Daisy Bell (German)
Daisy, sweety,
Answer in a trice
(Ugh, you're seriously starting to sing that?!
Polish Patriotic Songs - The Varsovian
Punish the Polish mutinied companies,
Their fields have no Balkans,
In a trice we shall crush poles a sort».
Stand! This breast will stand for the Balkans:
Eventually you get a mouse.
You get some words regarding mice,
You get a kitty in a trice.
By two a.m. or thereabouts,
Bertolt Brecht - On Seducing an Angel
rub your stiff gland
on its arse, face to the wall,
and in a trice
fuck it until it starts to moan
Robert W. Service - The Cremation of Sam McGee
Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay;
It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the 'Alice May.'
And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum;
O the obscure miracle, be an apparent twist of fate
Just for one moment, just in a trice, be like a blossom
From the crack of this ghostly withered corner
U-Piter - I walked to my abode
But then Snow saw ya
He melted in a trice.
Only water entire,
Jean de La Fontaine - The Cat Metamorphosed Into a Woman
Disturb'd the nuptial joys.
Excited by the noise,
The bride sprang at them in a trice;
The mice were scared and fled.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Old Age
‘Enter’? No-one gives him a shout.
But he’s not one for hanging about,
He lifts the latch and in a trice
There he is. They call him rude and not nice.
Propaganda (Russia) - Nobody...
Just one time...
Tears turned into crystalline ice in a trice,
I went into the emptiness away, where nobody waits me.
The buzzard draws its circles tight and tighter.
It’s said the days do once again grow longer.
Unobtrusive, they pass by in a trice.
Pedro's Heavy Gentlemen - Million dollar buttocks
Those resplendent rear ends1
When the campaign required an ad
It was made in a trice
A pear shape, and cusps in that
- 1. plural sic
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