| 释义 |
in a heartbeat
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.See also: heartbeatin 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.See also: heartbeatin a ˈheartbeat very quickly, without thinking about it: If I was offered another job, I’d leave in a heartbeat.See also: heartbeatin a heartbeatExtremely quickly. This hyperbolic expression—what could actually happen in the space of a single heartbeat?—dates from the late 1800s. See also: heartbeat |