🎠 thick and fast
Definition: Quickly crowding; occurring in such rapid succession that they run together.
Historical Origins: This term originated in the sixteenth century as “thick and threefold” (“Thicke and threefold trends will flocke,” Timothy Kendall, Epigrammes, 1577). The transition to “thick and fast” appeared around 1700 and definitively replaced the older term by then.
Literary Reference: In Through the Looking Glass (1872), Lewis Carroll described the speedy and vigorous appearance of oysters: “And thick and fast they came at last, / And more, and more, and more—.”
🗣 Similar Terms and Related Expressions:
- Fast and Furious: Hyperbolic speed and intense activity; no, not related to the adrenaline-pumping car chase film series—we swear!
- Barrage: A concentrated outpouring of something; often used in combat scenarios or when parents demand why you haven’t cleaned your room.
- Heaps and Bounds: Although a rare one, it metaphorically hints at things piling up rapidly.
- Coming out of the woodwork (✨ When zombies are subtle): Appearing unexpectedly and quickly.
📖 Synonyms:
- Rapidly
- Speedily
- Swiftly
😂 Antonyms:
- Slowly
- Gradually
- Leisurely
🤣 Humor-filled Quotes:
“Why does everything come thick and fast as soon as you finish sending that awkward text you regret?” – Procrastinator’s Paradox, 2019
“The tickets were selling thick and fast—about the only thing in my life that does!” – Anonymous Romantic
🧩 Proverbs:
“Success doesn’t come thick and fast; it comes after thick struggles and fast decisions.”
📚 Literature, Books, Songs, Poetry, and Movies:
- Literature: Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll – For the poetic inspiration.
- Books: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey – Things to manage before they come thick and fast.
- Songs: “I Feel Like Running” – A tribute to things moving speedily, by talented sprinters who are fed up with life’s snail pace.
- Poetry: “Meeting at Night” by Robert Browning – Feelings rushing in thick and fast.
- Movies: The Fast and the Furious series – Events happening at breakneck speed.
📚 Suggested Readings:
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey – For a proactive approach.
- The Lean Startup by Eric Ries – Get your ideas going thick and fast or fizzle out!
☄️ Farewell Thought:
May your opportunities come thick and fast, and may you catch them all with the swiftness of a cheetah on a caffeine high!
