He walked rapidly. - English example sentence

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uberclimber October 20, 2010 October 20, 2010 at 10:34:39 AM UTC

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How does someone 'walk thick and fast'? In 45 years I never once heard or read this expression...it's meaning is very ambiguous. どんどん can definitely mean 'thick and fast' and this English idiom certainly exists - it indicates a high rate at which events occur - but it does not work with the verb 'walk' in any meaningful way that I can see. Since どんどん can be either 'continuous action' or 'hammering sound', maybe a better translation might be 'He paced (or walked) without missing a beat.'