REAL LIFE NEWS: THE FASTEST CLICHÉS
by Hazed
Is a rat up a drainpipe faster than a bat out of hell? Does something spread like wildfire go faster than the blink of an eye?
British Telecom decided to find out just how fast the well-used clichés are, and ending up ranking the top twenty. Click the source link below to see the full top twenty fastest clichés.
Those based on forces of nature came out on top. Not surprisingly, “at the speed of light” beat all the rest, followed by “lightning fast”.
A bat out of hell came out faster than a flash in a pan but slower than one fell swoop (the swoop being that of a bird of prey).
So do any of them describes the speed of your broadband?
Source: http://www.btplc.com/News/#/pressreleases/is-a-drop-of-a-hat-quicker-than-a-blink-of-an-eye-1180053