| 释义 |
idiomin a heartbeatif something happens or is done in a heartbeat, it happens very quickly or is done quickly without any thought:The scene had changed in a heartbeat, and the accuser was now on the defensive.If these guys ask you for anything, just give it to them. Don't say a word, because they'll kill you in a heartbeat.
in a heartbeatVery quickly; as soon as is possible. If you need me, just call—I'll be there in a heartbeat. Oh, I'd move in a heartbeat—I'm so sick of the cold winters in this region. in a heartbeatFig. almost immediately. If I had the money, I would go back to college in a heartbeat. Just tell me that you need me and I'll come there in a heartbeat. in a ˈheartbeat very quickly, without thinking about it: If I was offered another job, I’d leave in a heartbeat.in a heartbeatExtremely quickly. This hyperbolic expression—what could actually happen in the space of a single heartbeat?—dates from the late 1800s. |