Johnny-on-the-spot love

Johnny-on-the-spot

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A person who is available and ready to act when needed.

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Examples

  • Handyman Fergus McNulty was Johnny-on-the-spot in Rouen on May 30, 1431, when the conscience-stricken brute assigned to set Joan of Arc ablaze pretended that he couldn't get the kindling lit, hoping to win the Maid of Orleans a stay of execution.

    Tracing My Roots and Coming Up With Dirt Joe Queenan 2011

  • Grown weary of sitting-in while Johnson fitted a torrent of unconscious, spring-breaking nubiles with a new set each, I was waiting at the hotel for the adult star Traci Topps to fly in for her downsizing—the bottom had just dropped out of the big-bust erotic entertainment market and I was Johnny-on-the-spot, breaking the news.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

  • This TD was made possible by Mason's Johnny-on-the-spot recovery of a Le'Ron McClain fumble.

    NFL Replay: Sparano-led Dolphins won't fold in the end 2008

  • Officer Sawyer Billings was Johnny-on-the-spot, having spent some off-duty hours at the mall, watching the old man from a distance.

    The Rescues of Brittan Courvalais « A Fly in Amber 2008

  • Now Magazine, which is apparently Johnny-on-the-spot when it comes to celebrity tumbles which someone should probably look into reports firstly on Cheryl Cole/Tweedy/Whatever:

    George Clooney Hobbles Around Premiere After Crash 2010

  • Grown weary of sitting-in while Johnson fitted a torrent of unconscious, spring-breaking nubiles with a new set each, I was waiting at the hotel for the adult star Traci Topps to fly in for her downsizing—the bottom had just dropped out of the big-bust erotic entertainment market and I was Johnny-on-the-spot, breaking the news.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

  • Grown weary of sitting-in while Johnson fitted a torrent of unconscious, spring-breaking nubiles with a new set each, I was waiting at the hotel for the adult star Traci Topps to fly in for her downsizing—the bottom had just dropped out of the big-bust erotic entertainment market and I was Johnny-on-the-spot, breaking the news.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

  • Grown weary of sitting-in while Johnson fitted a torrent of unconscious, spring-breaking nubiles with a new set each, I was waiting at the hotel for the adult star Traci Topps to fly in for her downsizing—the bottom had just dropped out of the big-bust erotic entertainment market and I was Johnny-on-the-spot, breaking the news.

    MY EMPIRE OF DIRT Manny Howard 2010

  • That was just a little too Johnny-on-the-spot for my suspicious mind.

    Edwards Mocks Hillary "Kindergarten" Attack On Obama: "I Wanted To Be Superman" 2009

  • My guess was that Russell had seen Sikorski as someone stupid enough not to ask too many questions, and grateful enough to appreciate all the perks Russell, Johnny-on-the-spot death investigator of the rich and famous, could throw his way.

    I Am Not A Psychic! Richard Belzer 2009

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