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
Abbey	['æbi]
Aquilinus	-	Ancient Roman
Hlengiwe	-	Southern African, Zulu
Cvijeta	TSVEE-e-tah	Croatian, Serbian
Aatos	AH:-tos	Finnish
Poseidon	pə-SIE-dən (English)	Greek Mythology