AT THE DROP OF A HAT

{adv. phr.}, {informal} 1. Without waiting; immediately; promptly. * /If you need a babysitter quickly, call Mary, because she can come at the drop of a hat./ Compare: ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT. 2. Whenever you have a chance; with very little cause or urging. * /At the drop of a hat, he would tell the story of the canal he wanted to build./ * /He was quarrelsome and ready to fight at the drop of a hat./

{adv. phr.}, {informal} 1. Without waiting; immediately; promptly. * /If you need a babysitter quickly, call Mary, because she can come at the drop of a hat./ Compare: ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT. 2. Whenever you have a chance; with very little cause or urging. * /At the drop of a hat, he would tell the story of the canal he wanted to build./ * /He was quarrelsome and ready to fight at the drop of a hat./

drop of a hat, at the adv infml Just call on me. I can come at the drop of a hat Только позвони мне. Я сразу приду She'd cry at the drop of a hat Она готова заплакать по малейшему поводу Those words spring to your mind at the drop of a hat Эти слова сами приходят тебе на ум

adv infml Just call on me. I can come at the drop of a hat — Только позвони мне. Я сразу приду She'd cry at the drop of a hat — Она готова заплакать по малейшему поводу Those words spring to your mind at the drop of a hat — Эти слова сами приходят тебе на ум

амер.; разг. сразу же, немедленно, как по команде Every Single Man in Town was ready to Marry her at the Drop of the Hat. (Ade) — Каждый неженатый мужчина в городе готов был немедленно на ней жениться. Syn: promptly, immediately

1. по сигналу; 2. без колебаний; 3. в два счета; 4. по малейшему поводу

без колебаний; по знаку, по сигналу

в два счета;2.по малейшему поводу