blink of an eye

Very quickly; in a very short period of time. Usually used in the phrase "in the blink of an eye." When we got into that car accident, our lives changed in the blink of an eye. Watch the baby closely, she can get into something dangerous in the blink of an eye.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lucia	loo-CHEE-ah (Italian), LOO-tsee-ah (German), LOO-shə (English), loo-SEE-ə (English)	Italian, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Hilton	['hiltən]
NoÉMi	-	Hungarian
Hodel	-	Yiddish
Govind	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada
Feliciana	fe-lee-THYAH-nah (Spanish), fe-lee-SYAH-nah (Latin American Spanish), fay-lee-CHYAH-nah (Italian)	Spanish, Italian, Late Roman