relámpago
lightning ; hit-and-run ; bolt of lightning ; thunderbolt.
The article is entitled 'Catch the lightning: keeping current with the Net'.
The recent efforts by Congress to restrict invasions of privacy has many of the hallmarks of the typical Washington hit-and-run approach to legislation.
When they left it was tipping it down with rain, with bolts of lightning all around them, but on Sunday they woke up to glorious sunshine.
As a result of this rash act, Odysseus' ship was destroyed by a thunderbolt, and only Odysseus himself survived.
ataque relámpago
hit-and-run attack
He describes how he fought in a partisan unit which carried out hit-and-run attacks on the Nazi forces occupying Poland.
como un relámpago [Referido a la velocidad]
like greased lightning
The idea came to her in a flash like greased lightning.
gira relámpago
whistle-stop [whistlestop]
The author gives random impressions of his 16-day whistle-stop lecture tour in India during which he visited 37 libraries, library schools, universities, and other institutions and delivered 16 lectures.
ir como un relámpago
go like + the clappers
At one point her leg and arm stopped shaking but her eye was going like the clappers.
tan rápido como un relámpago
as quick as a wink
And quick as a wink, Jack picked up the coin and put it into his purse.
visita relámpago
whistle-stop [whistlestop]
The author gives random impressions of his 16-day whistle-stop lecture tour in India during which he visited 37 libraries, library schools, universities, and other institutions and delivered 16 lectures.
