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    at a rate of knots - sehr schnell

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    at a rate of knots coll. - sehr schnell

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    AuthorStefan Geretschläger29 Mar 06, 20:02
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    not supported in the form given. bilingual dictionaries are not suitable for entries in LEO, since any errors there cannot be checked. LEO requests dictionary entries for both languages.
    I agree with Stefan that this would be a useful entry, but I think that this is probably more BE than AE


    http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/at+a+rate...:

    at a rate of knots (British & Australian)
    if someone does something at a rate of knots, they do it very quickly. She did her homework at a rate of knots so that she could go out with her friends.
    #1Authorodondon irl30 Mar 06, 07:48
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    at a rate of knots

    Brit. coll. -

    sehr schnell



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    UK:
    "at a rate of knots (colloq) - very fast " http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/chre...

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    It's probably used in other places, like Australia, but you can just choose one country from the list.
    #2AuthorArchfarchnad -gb-30 Mar 06, 08:33
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    Im Deutschen gibt es den tollen Ausdruck "ratzfatz".
    Sie machte ratzfatz ihre Hausaufgaben damit sie mit ihren Freunden weg konnte.
    Evtl. passt das ja.
    #3AuthorDH30 Mar 06, 08:44
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    at a rate of knots

    Brit. coll. -

    ratzfatz

    adv. coll.

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    ratz|fatz <Adv.> [zu mdal. ratz = schnell, rasch (wohl lautm. nach dem Geräusch schnell reißenden Stoffs od. Papiers) u. fatzen = zerfetzen, zerreißen] (ugs.):
    sehr schnell:
    Was sie in den vergangenen Jahren versäumt hat, das holt sie jetzt r. nach: Die Kirche sucht den Zeitgeist, oder hechelt sie ihm nur hinterher? (Tagesspiegel 25. 4. 99, 10).
    [Quelle: Duden: Das große Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache in 10 Bänden.]
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    Providing dictionary evidence to DH's suggestion.
    #4AuthorDaniel Šebesta (CZ)30 Mar 06, 21:06
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    at a rate of knots

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    eine/einer nacheinander



    Context/ examples
    As pubs disappear at a rate of knots, Last Orders celebrates the publican and what we are in danger of losing.
    BBC Radio Extra
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    #5Authorfarmsen (709579) 13 Feb 16, 09:15
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    eine/einer nacheinander
    Ist das richtiges Deutsch? Ich kenne nur "einer nach dem anderen"
    #6Authorwienergriessler (925617) 13 Feb 16, 10:34
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    In any case, don't forget the [Brit.] [ugs.]

    I've never heard it. For it to make any sense at all for me, it should mean that something is moving (forward, usually) at a certain speed, although not necessarily all that fast. How fast? A ship moving at a leisurely walking speed makes about three knots (nautical miles per hour). Note that something like at a rate of miles per hour is also not idiomatic. (Not that logic is a very good test of idiomatic usage, of course.)
    #7AuthorJurist (US) (804041) 13 Feb 16, 17:45
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    No, it's not entirely logical, but there it is.

    It does mean very quickly, at great speed.

    It doesn't mean 'one after another' (#5).
    #8AuthorHecuba - UK (250280) 13 Feb 16, 22:44
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    British informal Very fast.

    To add to the definition given in #2
    Comment
    I agree with Hecuba (#8).
    #9AuthorAnne(gb) (236994) 14 Feb 16, 00:16
    Context/ examples
    Macquarie Dictionary, 3rd ed.:
    knot  noun ... -- phrase 18. at a rate of knots, very fast.
    Comment
    The Aussie perspective.
    #10AuthorNorbert Juffa (236158) 14 Feb 16, 00:59
     
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