English Idioms: In a split second

English Idioms About “Sport”
Idiom: Beat a retreat
Meaning: To leave hastily in the face of opposition.
Example: When they saw the police coming, they beat a retreat.

English Idioms About “Sexuality”
Idiom: Shotgun marriage
Meaning: (Also shotgun wedding) when the bridegroom is forced to marry the bride he made her pregnant.
Example: It was a shotgun marriage. Nancy was three months pregnant when she married John.

English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Big bucks
Meaning: Lots of money.
Example: The new managing director must be making big bucks after his promotion.

English Idioms About “Money”
Idiom: Time is money
Meaning: A proverb which means that one should not waste time, because one could be using it to earn money.
Example: I have to wake up and go to work – time is money

English Idioms About “Names”
Idiom: Walter Mitty
Meaning: A person, generally quite ordinary with unexceptional qualities, who is prone to fantastic daydreaming of personal triumphs. This term comes from James Thurber’s short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939), describing a meek, mild man with a vivid fantasy life. The character’s name has come into more general use to refer to an ineffectual dreamer.
Example: If you are a Walter Mitty with Everest dreams, you need to bear in mind that when things go wrong up there, you may lose your life.