as soon as possible (not comparable )
As soon as is possible ; at one's earliest convenience; at the earliest possible time.
This is not an idiom. It is a particularly common instance of the general construction: "as X as Y", where both X and Y have a large range of possibilities. X can be an adjectival, an adverbial, or a quantifier determiner (much, little, many, few) and Y can be a clause or an ellipsis of a clause. The full clause for which "possible" is an ellipsis depends on the preceding verb. "He left as soon as possible " is an ellipsis for "He left as soon as it was possible for him to leave ." When Y is a noun ("He left as soon as John ."), the ellipsis is still for a clause ("He left as soon as John left ."). So if one was going to do something as soon as possible , then one would perform said action as soon as any impeding activity was no longer an obstacle.
as soon as is possible
Arabic: فِي أَقْرَب وَقْت مُمْكِن ( fī ʔaqrab waqt mumkin ) , فِي أَسْرَع وَقْت مُمْكِن ( fī ʔasraʕ waqt mumkin )
Armenian: հնարավորինս շուտ ( hnaravorins šut ) , որքան կարելի է շուտ ( orkʻan kareli ē šut )
Azerbaijani: mümkün qədər tez
Catalan: al més aviat possible , com més aviat millor , tan aviat com es pugui
Chinese:
Mandarin: 盡快 / 尽快 (zh) ( jìnkuài ) , 及早 (zh) ( jízǎo ) , 越 快 越 好 ( yuè kuài yuè hǎo )
Czech: co nejdříve
Danish: så hurtigt som muligt
Dutch: zo snel mogelijk
Esperanto: kiel eble plej baldaŭ (eo) , kiel eble plej rapide
Estonian: nii kiiresti kui võimalik
Finnish: heti , kun mahdollista , mahdollisimman pian
French: dès que possible (fr) , le plus vite possible , au plus tôt (fr) , dans les plus brefs délais (fr)
Galician: o máis axiña posíbel
Georgian: სასწრაფოდ ( sasc̣rapod ) , უმალ ( umal )
German: so bald wie möglich , so schnell wie möglich , baldmöglichst (de) , schnellstmöglich (de)
Greek: το συντομότερο δυνατόν ( to syntomótero dynatón )
Hebrew: בהקדם האפשרי ( bahekdem ha'efshari )
Hindi: जितना जल्दी हो सके ( jitnā jaldī ho sake ) ( singular ) , जितना जल्दी हो सकें ( jitnā jaldī ho sakẽ ) ( plural ) , जल्द से जल्द ( jald se jald )
Hungarian: mielőbb (hu) , minél előbb , minél hamarabb , a lehető leghamarabb , amint lehetséges , mihelyt lehetséges , amilyen hamar csak lehet , amilyen hamar csak lehetséges
Icelandic: sem fyrst , eins fljótt og auðið er , sem skjótast
Ido: tam balde kam posible
Irish: chomh luath agus is féidir , an túisce is féidir
Italian: al più presto , il più presto possibile , quanto prima (it) , il prima possibile
Japanese: できるだけ早く ( dekiru dake hayaku ) , 出来る限り早期 ( できるかぎりそうき, dekiru gakiri sōki ) , できる限り急いで ( できるかぎりいそいで, dekiru kagiri isoide ) , 可及的速やかに ( かきゅうてきすみやかに, kakyūteki sumiyaka-ni ) , 一刻も早く ( いっこくもはやく, ikkoku mo hayaku )
Korean: 가능한 빨리 ( ganeunghan ppalli ) , 되도록 빨리 ( doedorok ppalli )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بە زووترین کات ( be zûtrîn kat )
Latin: quam primum , quam celerrime
Norwegian: så snart som mulig
Persian: هرچه زودتر ( harče zudtar )
Polish: tak szybko, jak to możliwe , możliwie najszybciej , możliwie jak najszybciej
Portuguese: o quanto antes
( Brazil ) : o mais rápido possível
( Portugal ) : o mais breve possível
Romanian: cel mai repede posibil , cât de repede posibil , cât mai curând , cât mai curând posibil
Russian: как мо́жно скоре́е ( kak móžno skoréje ) , как мо́жно быстре́е ( kak móžno bystréje )
Scottish Gaelic: cho luath sa ghabhas
Spanish: lo antes posible , lo más rápido posible , cuanto antes , tan pronto como sea posible , a la brevedad , a la mayor brevedad
Swedish: snarast (sv) , så fort som möjligt , så snart som möjligt
Tagalog: sa lalong madaling panahon
Thai: เร็วที่สุดเท่าที่จะเร็วได้ ( reo têe sùt tâo têe jà reo dâai )
Turkish: bir an önce (tr) , olabildiğince çabuk , mümkün olduğunca çabuk , bir an evvel
Ukrainian: якомо́га скорі́ше ( jakomóha skoríše ) , якнайскорі́ше ( jaknajskoríše ) , якомо́га шви́дше ( jakomóha švýdše , literally “ as quickly as possible ” ) , якнайшви́дше (uk) ( jaknajšvýdše , literally “ as quickly as possible ” ) , якомо́га рані́ше ( jakomóha raníše , literally “ as early as possible ” )
Urdu: جلد از جلد ( jald az jald ) , جتنی جلدی ہو سکے f ( jitnī jaldi ho sake )
Vietnamese: sớm nhất có thể , càng sớm càng tốt
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