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a gleam in eye

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a gleam in your eye

also a gleam in your eyes

something that is thought about or planned but not yet started I remember when that invention was just a gleam in his eyes.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of a gleam in your eye (a sudden expression of an emotion in your eye)

See also: eye, gleam