So we can use this phrase to say someone is going superfast. By being released from the pull of gravity and friction against the tracks, they can move forward at speeds that a normal train can’t fathom. In fact, some trains use magnetic levitation to achieve superfast speeds. Gravity is one of the main things that prevents us from going really fast. This would mean that they have skills (speed skills!) that are so fast that they seem like they’re not even humans (or better than humans).Īnother way to say this is to say “you’re superman” or “you’re the flash”, who are two superheros who each have super speed superpowers. If someone does something so fast that it’s unbelievable, you might also say that they’re superhuman. So if you see someone who’s doing a task so quick that it seems unbelievable, you might say “wow, you’re a magician.” Take, for example, if you set someone a task you thought would take them an hour and they come back to you in 5 minutes with it totally complete! 5. It’s likely because magicians can do things that seem unbelievable and defy physics. Magicians aren’t necessarily fast, so why would you metaphorically call a quick person ‘a magician’? Of course, this will be hyperbole, but it still has the intended effect in speech. Even at this speed, it takes about 3 days to get from earth to the moon.Īt this sort of speed, you can imagine why people metaphorically call anything that’s fast a ‘rocket ship’, referring to the similarity between a rocket ship and that thing you’re saying is quick. According to UC Santa Barbara, a rocket ship will travel up to 25,000 miles per hour in order to escape the pull of gravity and get into space beyond. If you thought a cheetah was fast, you wouldn’t believe how fast a rocket ship is. Of course, they’re not actually cheetahs, but they’re so fast that they remind you of a cheetah. So, you’ll often find people calling someone a cheetah. Just imagine driving down a highway and looking out your window and seeing a cheetah matching your speed! They have been tracked running about 100km/h (That’s about 60 miles per hour). He’s a CheetahĪ cheetah is known as the fastest land animal on earth. You might say, for example, that someone who runs really fast is a “speeding bullet”. So to say that someone is a speeding bullet is to say that it’s incredibly fast. In fact, bullets are so fast that speed trains are often colloquially called ‘bullet trains’. That’s how far a bullet would travel in just one second! Just imagine looking 2,600 feet (that’s 792 meters) into the distance. In fact, bullets move at about 2,600 feet per second. It’s so fast you can’t really dodge it, and you can’t even see it flying through the sky. He’s a Speeding BulletĪ bullet is one of the fastest things you can think of.
JUEGO CARS FAST AS LIGHTNING FULL
Some of my favorite speed metaphors (aka metaphors for fast) include:īelow is the full list.
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