watch\ one's\ smoke

watch\ one's\ smoke
• watch one's dust
• watch one's smoke
v. phr. slang
To notice your quick action; watch you do something quickly.

Offer Bill a dollar to shovel your sidewalk, and watch his smoke!

"We'll have your yard cleaned in a jiffy," the Boy Scouts told Mr. truitt. "Watch our smoke!"

"I can go to the store and be back in five minutes," bragged Tom. "Just watch my dust."


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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