en menos que canta un gallo
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “in less than a rooster sings”.
Adverb
[edit]- (idiomatic) in two shakes of a lamb's tail, in a jiffy (very quickly)
Further reading
[edit]- “en menos que canta un gallo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10