词汇 | Heartbeats |
释义 | (redirected from Heartbeats)heartbeat (away) from being (something)In a position to move into a position immediately upon the absence of one's superior or predecessor (often assumed to mean from death). The position of vice president may not seem important, but whoever it is will be a heartbeat away from being president, so we should take that into account when voting. 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. a heartbeat away from being (something)Cliché set to be the next ruler upon the final heartbeat of the current ruler. (The decisive heartbeat would be the current ruler's last heartbeat.) The vice president is just a heartbeat away from being president. The prince was only a heartbeat away from being king. 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. a heartbeat (away) fromvery close to; on the verge of.a ˈheartbeat away (from something)very close to something: The offices are a heartbeat away from Singapore’s business centre.With all her musical talent, it seems that success is just a heartbeat away.in a ˈheartbeatvery 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. |
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