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Phrase(s): no sooner said than done
an expression indicating that something has been done quickly and obediently. • Jill: Can I help you out? Jane: Yes! Put these files in alphabetical order. Jill: No sooner said than done. • The service at the hotel was really remarkable. Everything we asked for was no sooner said than done.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Accomplished immediately, as in He said we should leave and, no sooner said than done. This expression employs no sooner . . . than in the sense of "at once," a usage dating from the mid-1500s.
American Heritage Idioms