The French expression “en deux coups de cuillère à pot” translates directly to “in two ladle fulls from the pot.”
English meanings:
- in no time
- in two shakes of a lamb’s tale
French meaning:
- très rapidement, sans difficulté – very quickly, without difficulty
Note: that you an also say, “en trois coups de cuillère à pot” (in three ladle fulls from the pot). The metaphor is that the ladle fulls are being scooped out of the pot in quick succession.
Sample sentence:
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- Pierre lit très rapidement. Il a fini le roman en deux coups de cuillère à pot. Pierre reads very fast. He finished the book in no time.
Synonymous expressions to say “in no time”:
- en un rien de temps – Lit: in a nothing of time
- en moins de temps qu’il ne faut pour le dire – Lit: in less time that’s necessary to say it
- en moins de deux – Lit: in less than two
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