Meaning of blue streak | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A great deal of fast talking, cursing, lying, or similar.
   informal
2. A trace left by something that is too quick to see.

Examples

“to talk⟳ a blue streak”

“interspersing his vehement comments with a ‘blue streak’ of oaths”

“He calmly lied to me a blue streak, and he knew that I knew he was lying”

“This old maid, she had a parrot that cursed a blue streak and knew more vulgar expressions than Mr. Kowalski.”

“If you leave⟳ your dog alone in your backyard for hours at a time, he may be barking a blue streak, too.”

“To pass⟳[…] with such rapidity as not even to leave⟳ a ‘blue streak’ behind him”

“An American engineer, who had been in England, described the Express⟳ train⟳ from Liverpool to London as running a "blue streak," by which he meant going like⟳ lightning.”

“Now then, watch⟳ me leave⟳ a blue streak behind!”

“Running like⟳ a blue streak from your old mammy.”

“She was wild and crazy, and she could run⟳ a blue streak.”

“He (the suspect⟳) should know⟳ better than to run⟳ from my partner Leroy, for he's like⟳ a blue streak.”

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