English · Word pair Attested

fast and furious

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Lively and exciting.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

sôi động và thú vị

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Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

There was nothing quite like a fast and furious game of cards, she thought, to ease a situation.

Fast and furious ice hockey action combines with the human drama of the players in this Canadian / French production.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed on Wikipedia “Irreversible binomial” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29). Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).

Common questions

What does “fast and furious” mean?

Lively and exciting.

Is “fast and furious” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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