The phrase "at a flick" is not commonly used in written English and may not be widely recognized.
It can be used to describe something that can be done quickly or easily, often with a simple action.
Example: "You can change the settings at a flick of a switch."
Alternatives: "with a snap" or "in a flash".
A lonely retired widow writes: "At a flick of the switch one's room can be peopled".
They control the fate of smaller digital operations, able to feed or starve them at a flick of Mark Zuckerberg's finger.
Work to install transponders to allow the mayor to change the timing of traffic lights at a flick of a switch has temporarily made the situation even worse.The impact, as London's drivers are finding to their cost, can be painful.
Expect to be notified of heavy traffic, unaccomplished fitness goals or cab reservations at a flick of the wrist.
AMONG VON BRAUNHUT'S MANY INVENTIONS, WHICH RANGE FROM bulletproof garb to an insect observation kit, is a pen-sized weapon called the Kiyoga Agent M5, which telescopes into a metal whip at a flick of the wrist.
It's got a sturdy step-through frame, wide tires for a stable stance, a comfortable saddle, an enclosed chain to keep your clothes from getting dirty, bright, automatic LED lights and a broad range of gearing that can go from high-high to low-low at a flick of the wrist.
"Try this," said the perfume salesman behind the beauty counter at Colette, with a flick of a spritz on a rectangular slip of paper, handed over with all the ceremony of a Japanese man offering his business card.
As he said this he ran a finger along the top edge of it, a caress that ended with a flick at an imaginary bit of dust.
LOS ANGELES — AN avid moviegoer, Lindsay Bern takes in a flick at her local multiplex about twice a week.
Steve showed me how to place my hand, with forefinger on the line, releasing the bail, cast, with a flick at the last moment.
"One year later, that hack is still crying about how I made his movie distributor pals leave a football game-watching party to see a flick at a film festival!", he wrote.
