quake in one's boots
- to be afraid, to shake from fear
I was quaking in my boots when my boss told me to come to his office.queer as a three-dollar bill
- to be very strange
The woman is the strangest person that I have ever seen and she is as queer as a three-dollar bill.quick and dirty
- fast and cheap, fast and careless
The method that the company chose to cut expenses was quick and dirty.quick as a flash
- very quickly
I was able to get out of the house as quick as a flash and go to work.quick as a wink
- very quickly
The woman turned around and quick as a wink her purse was stolen.quick as geased lightning
- very quickly, very fast
The cat climbed up the tree as quick as greased lightning.quick on the draw
- to be quick to respond to something, to be quick to draw a gun and shoot
The man is quick on the draw and can answer most questions immediately.quick on the trigger
- to be quick to respond to something, to be quick to draw a gun and shoot
The man was too quick on the trigger and should have thought more carefully about what he was going to say.quick on the uptake
- to be quick to understand something
The student is quick on the uptake and understands most scientific theories very quickly.quiet as a mouse
- very quiet, shy and silent
The little boy was quiet as a mouse as he moved around the kitchen.quite a bit
- much or many
I had quite a bit of time so I decided to go to the library.quite a few
- many
The boy has quite a few DVDs at home.quite a lot
- much or many
There are quite a lot of chairs in the meeting hall.quite a number
- much or many
Quite a number of the teachers agreed to use the new textbooks.quite a (something)
- definitely something
The girl is quite a pianist and everybody loves her.quote a price
- to state in advance the charge for doing or supplying something
I asked the moving company to quote a price to move our furniture.