at the drop of a hat

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   immediately; without hesitating

   That's the trouble with the Irish. They sing at the drop of a hat.

   She's prays at the drop of a hat these days.

In the movies · 2

• She's prays at the drop of a hat these days.Steel Magnolias1989
• That's the trouble with the Irish. They sing at the drop of a hat.Michael Collins1996
• Everybody else in this town turn on me at the drop of a hat.The Waterboy1998
• Drop of a hat, these guys will rock-and-roll.Heat1995
• Lupe, you dropped your hat!Paulie1998
• No, I'm not gonna drop your hat in the hole!Wristcutters: A Love Story2007
• Somebody who can do it anywhere and just leave at a drop of a hat.There's Something About Mary1998
• - Yeah. - Drop of a hat, I'm there.The Other Guys2010

Learn it in full scenes

• Steel Magnolias1989
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Shelby's Wedding Morning
• There's Something About Mary1998
  • Ted Asks Mary to the Prom
  • Ted Asks Mary to the Prom
  • Ted Meets Mary's Family

From the same entry

• drop the ball
• drop a brick
• drop dead
• drop in it
• drop names
• drop your bundle
• let drop
• the bottom drops out
• die like flies
• you could hear a pin drop
• jaw dropped
• drop in lap

More idioms

• be all in mind
• be at your wits end
• be born to be
• be set in your ways
• by word of mouth
• come out on top
• down in the dumps
• fly off the handle
• give the finger
• hold at bay
• in the blink of an eye
• in the event of