lickety-split

[Boris Tatarenko]

Hello.

I want to use a phrase "lickety-split", but I don't know how to do this.

1. I was running lickety-split, because I didn't want to be late.
2. We need to do this job lickety-split.

Are these sentences correct? Do they sound natural?

If they are poor English, can you show me how to use the phrase.

Thanks in advance.
Boris.

 

[bhaisahab]

Hello.

I want to use a phrase "lickety-split", but I don't know how to do this.

1. I was running lickety-split, because I didn't want to be late.
2. We need to do this job lickety-split.

Are these sentences correct? Do they sound natural?

If they are poor English, can you show me how to use the phrase.

Thanks in advance.
Boris.

I can't imagine any sentence that includes "lickety-split" sounding natural.

 

[SoothingDave]

Hello.

I want to use a phrase "lickety-split", but I don't know how to do this.

1. I was running lickety-split, because I didn't want to be late.
2. We need to do this job lickety-split.

Are these sentences correct? Do they sound natural?

If they are poor English, can you show me how to use the phrase.

Thanks in advance.
Boris.

It's rather old fashioned sounding. Like you were a teenager in the 1950s.

Your number 1 doesn't work, but 2 does.

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

I did't know that it's old-fashioned.
Thanks for the information.