"in nothing flat" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in nothing flat.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic) A very short (but unspecified) amount of time; no time at all. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: in no time, in no time flat Translations (very short amount of time): en un rien de temps (French), あっと言う間 (attoiuma) (Japanese), într-o clipă (Romanian), в два счёта (v dva sčóta) (Russian)
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