I was watching the movie "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" when I heard the phrase "That was like three seconds" from Kate Winslet.
You can find this phrase at 01:14:25.
She and Jim Carrey were kidding and playing. She held a pillow tightly over his face, then he pretended to be dead (suffocated) in order to frighten her.
She was very scared, but when she found out that it was just a joke, she said:
- Oh, my God. That was terrible. That was like three seconds.
What did she mean? I searched the web, but none of the meanings that I found for "second" or "three seconds" makes sense in this context.
Best Answer
It just means that the duration was approximately three seconds long. She is either referring to how long she held down the pillow or to how long he was pretending to be dead, but I can't find the clip online to confirm.