in a brace [couple] of shakes (=in the shake of a lamb’s tail, in two shakes , in half a shake)
片刻 [立刻, 倾刻] 之间, 一会儿
属类:综合句库-英汉综合
He’ll be there in two shakes .
他立刻去那里。
属类:综合句库-
The two shook hamds amicably in front of the nearly 3,000 NPC delegates aftor Mr Wen received 2,906 votes of support. 0nly three delegates voted against him, whìle 16 abstained.