blink of an eye



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.
See also: blink, eye, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ladislav-Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian
Abednegoə-BED-ni-go (English)Biblical
Emanuela-Italian, Romanian
Mitre-Bulgarian, Macedonian
Marinho-Portuguese
Antonijo-Croatian