twinkle in (one's) father's eye

A phrase used to describe the time before one's birth. I never knew my grandparents; they died when I was just a twinkle in my father's eye.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Viktorie	-	Czech
Barra	-	Irish
Juliya	YOO-lee-yah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
MercÈ	-	Catalan
Boyce	[bɔis]
BẢO	-	Vietnamese