as soon as possible

Adverb

 * 1) As soon as is possible; at one's earliest convenience; at the earliest possible time.

Usage notes
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.

Translations

 * Arabic: فِي أَقْرَب وَقْت مُمْكِن, فِي أَسْرَع وَقْت مُمْكِن
 * Armenian: հնարավորինս շուտ, որքան կարելի է շուտ
 * Azerbaijani: mümkün qədər tez
 * Catalan: al més aviat possible, com més aviat millor, tan aviat com es pugui
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 越快越好
 * Czech: co nejdříve
 * Danish: så hurtigt som muligt
 * Dutch: zo snel mogelijk
 * Esperanto:, kiel eble plej rapide
 * Estonian: nii kiiresti kui võimalik
 * Finnish: heti, kun mahdollista, mahdollisimman pian
 * French:, le plus vite possible, ,
 * Galician: o máis axiña posíbel
 * Georgian: სასწრაფოდ, უმალ
 * German: so bald wie möglich, so schnell wie möglich, ,
 * Greek: το συντομότερο δυνατόν
 * Hebrew: בהקדם האפשרי
 * Hindi: जितना जल्दी हो सके, जितना जल्दी हो सकें , जल्द से जल्द
 * Hungarian:, 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,, il prima possibile
 * Japanese: できるだけ早く, 出来る限り早期, できる限り急いで, 可及的速やかに, 一刻も早く
 * Korean: 가능한 빨리, 되도록 빨리
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بە زووترین کات
 * Latin: quam primum, quam celerrime
 * Norwegian: så snart som mulig
 * Persian: هرچه زودتر
 * Polish: tak szybko, jak to możliwe, możliwie najszybciej, możliwie jak najszybciej
 * Portuguese: o quanto antes
 * : o mais rápido possível
 * : o mais breve possível
 * Romanian: cel mai repede posibil, cât de repede posibil, cât mai curând, cât mai curând posibil
 * Russian: как мо́жно скоре́е, как мо́жно быстре́е
 * 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:, så fort som möjligt, så snart som möjligt
 * Tagalog: sa lalong madaling panahon
 * Thai: เร็วที่สุดเท่าที่จะเร็วได้
 * Turkish:, olabildiğince çabuk, mümkün olduğunca çabuk, bir an evvel
 * Ukrainian: якомо́га скорі́ше, якнайскорі́ше, якомо́га шви́дше,, якомо́га рані́ше
 * Urdu: جلد از جلد, جتنی جلدی ہو سکے
 * Vietnamese: sớm nhất có thể, càng sớm càng tốt


 * Persian: