| 单词 | quick off the mark |
| 释义 | quick off the markFast to start or try something, as in This physician is quick off the mark in trying the newest medications. This expression comes from various kinds of races, where mark indicates the starting point. It was being used figuratively from the mid-1900s on. Words nearby quick off the markquickie, quick kick, quicklime, quickly, quick march, quick off the mark, quick on the draw, quick on the uptake, quick response, quicksand, quickset The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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