Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Quickly
Quickly as a cabbage bed produces snails.
—Anonymous
Quickly as a scalded cat goes through a back window.
—Anonymous
As quickly as iron in the fire passes through the various stages between warmth and white heat.
—J. M. Barrie
Quickly as iron to the magnet.
—Helen Hunt Jackson
Quickly as a dream that dawn devours.
—Eugene Lee-Hamilton