The summer vacation ended in the blink of an eye.
blink of an eye
idiomA moment (a very short period of time).
The car sped past us and disappeared around the corner in the blink of an eye.
The grand empire, which had stood for centuries, vanished into history in the blink of an eye when the revolution began.
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an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.
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apple of someone's eye
The object of somebody's affections; a person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers; a favorite, a loved one.
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blink first
To be the first party in some situation to give in or back down.
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camel through the eye of a needle
Hyperbole to illustrate something that is impossible to do or to make happen.
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catch someone's eye
To capture someone's attention.
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catch the eye
To attract the attention
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close one eye
to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).
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dry eye
An eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved.