In two shakes

by George! we would souse the Lords o' the Admiralty themselves, if they were here, in a couple of shakes

She tried to get the case open. . . . "I wish Father was here," said Phyllis; "he'd get it open in two shakes."

I'll have coffee ready in two shakes of a cow's tail.

I'll be back in two shakes of a dog's tail.

In two shakes of a duck's tail Gussie, with all that lapping about inside him, will be distributing the prizes at Market Snodsbury Grammar School.

Skilled sheep shearers can get the wool off a ewe in two shakes of a lamb's tail.