in een haai en een draai
Dutch
Etymology
Implied meaning: “in the time it takes to turn your hand”. From haai (“tilted angle (obsolete sense)”) and draai (“a turn”).[1]
Prepositional phrase
- (East and West Flanders) in an instant, in no time
- Synonym: in een handomdraai
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “haai3”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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