# brace of shakes

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/brace-of-shakes
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

A very short time.

## Examples

- I'll be back in a brace of shakes.
- The waiter said our food would arrive in a brace of shakes, and it did.
- She promised to return in a brace of shakes, but the minutes stretched into hours as we waited.

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