Q -Idioms

 quake in one's boots

- to be afraid, to shake from fear

I was quaking in my boots when my boss told me to come to his office.
queer as a three-dollar bill

- to be very strange

The woman is the strangest person that I have ever seen and she is as queer as a three-dollar bill.
quick and dirty

- fast and cheap, fast and careless

The method that the company chose to cut expenses was quick and dirty.
quick as a flash

- very quickly

I was able to get out of the house as quick as a flash and go to work.
quick as a wink

- very quickly

The woman turned around and quick as a wink her purse was stolen.
quick as geased lightning

- very quickly, very fast

The cat climbed up the tree as quick as greased lightning.
quick on the draw

- to be quick to respond to something, to be quick to draw a gun and shoot

The man is quick on the draw and can answer most questions immediately.
quick on the trigger

- to be quick to respond to something, to be quick to draw a gun and shoot

The man was too quick on the trigger and should have thought more carefully about what he was going to say.
quick on the uptake

- to be quick to understand something

The student is quick on the uptake and understands most scientific theories very quickly.
quiet as a mouse

- very quiet, shy and silent

The little boy was quiet as a mouse as he moved around the kitchen.
quite a bit

- much or many

I had quite a bit of time so I decided to go to the library.
quite a few

- many

The boy has quite a few DVDs at home.
quite a lot

- much or many

There are quite a lot of chairs in the meeting hall.
quite a number

- much or many

Quite a number of the teachers agreed to use the new textbooks.
quite a (something)

- definitely something

The girl is quite a pianist and everybody loves her.
quote a price

- to state in advance the charge for doing or supplying something

I asked the moving company to quote a price to move our furniture.