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blink of an eye

idiom
Meaning

A moment (a very short period of time).


Examples
SIMPLE

The summer vacation ended in the blink of an eye.

CONTEXTUAL

The car sped past us and disappeared around the corner in the blink of an eye.

COMPLEX

The grand empire, which had stood for centuries, vanished into history in the blink of an eye when the revolution began.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    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.

  2. 02

    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.

  3. 03

    blink first

    To be the first party in some situation to give in or back down.

  4. 04

    camel through the eye of a needle

    Hyperbole to illustrate something that is impossible to do or to make happen.

  5. 05

    catch someone's eye

    To capture someone's attention.

  6. 06

    catch the eye

    To attract the attention

  7. 07

    close one eye

    to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).

  8. 08

    dry eye

    An eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved.

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