mabilis sa alas-kuwatro
Tagalog
Etymology
Literally, "as fast as four o'clock". From the 1970s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mabiˌlis sa ʔaˌlas kuˈatɾo/, [mɐ.bɪˌlis sɐ ʔɐˌlas ˈkwat.ɾo]
Adverb
mabilís sa alás-kuwatro
- (simile) quickly
- (simile) done surreptitiously or slyly