thick and fast

Idioms and Phrases

Rapidly crowding, coming so fast they run together, as in The questions came at him thick and fast . This term originated in the second half of the 1500s as thick and threefold and was replaced by the current version about 1700. For a synonym, see fast and furious .

Example Sentences

"Momentum is really starting to build now and the cuts are coming thick and fast.," said Emma Jones, managing director at broker When The Bank Says No.

From BBC

"But yeah, it's been, I feel like the tournaments came thick and fast, and obviously with the Olympics thrown in there, as well, this year, it sort of condensed everything a bit."

From BBC

It was comfortable for us - 3-0 up with the goals coming thick and fast.

From BBC

The land is high and dry, the ground rocky and inhospitable — not like the rainy coastal Northwest, where trees grow thick and fast.

From New York Times

The examples come thick and fast.

From BBC

Related Words

• again and again
• generally
• intermittently
• many times
• often
• periodically
• regularly
• time and again
• usually