Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - "Q-R" Idioms. What is the meaning of idioms? Words that come together and change the whole meaning of the statement like "it rains cats and dogs", did you ever seen cats and dogs falling off from the sky?! Of course not, but it simply mean "it is raining too hard". | Q quake in one s boots - to be afraid to shake from fear I was quaking in my boots when my boss told me to come to his office. queer as a three-dollar bill - to be very strange The woman is the strangest person that I have ever seen and she is as queer as a three-dollar bill. quick and dirty - fast and cheap fast and careless The method that the company chose to cut expenses was quick and dirty. quick as a flash - very quickly I was able to get out of the house as quick as a flash and go to work. quick as a wink - very quickly The woman turned around and quick as a wink her purse was stolen. quick as geased lightning - very quickly very fast The cat climbed up the tree as quick as greased lightning. 704 Mr_doody2004@ quick on the draw - to be quick to respond to something to be quick to draw a gun and shoot The man is quick on the draw and can answer most questions immediately. quick on the trigger - to be quick to respond to something to be quick to draw a gun and shoot The man was too quick on the trigger and should have thought more carefully about what he was going to say. quick on the uptake - to be quick to understand something The student is quick on the uptake and understands most scientific theories very quickly. quiet as a mouse - very quiet shy and silent The little boy was quiet as a mouse as he moved around the kitchen. quite a bit - much or many I had quite a bit of time so I decided to go to the library. quite a few - many The boy has quite a few DVDs at home. 705 Mr_doody2004@ quite a lot - much or many There are quite a lot of chairs in the meeting hall. quite a number - much or many Quite a number of the teachers agreed to use the new textbooks. quite a something - definitely something The girl is quite a pianist and everybody loves her. quote a price - to state in advance the charge for doing or supplying something I asked the moving company to quote a price to move our furniture. 706 .
