| 单词 | in the twinkling of an eye |
| 释义 | in the twinkling of an eyeIn an instant, as in The breakup of Yugoslavia created many warring nations in the twinkling of an eye. This hyperbolic expression, which alludes to the very brief time it takes for an eye to blink, is heard less often today. [c. 1300] Words nearby in the twinkling of an eyeIn the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love, in the street, in the swim, in the teeth of, in the throes, in the twinkling of an eye, in the unlikely event, in the wake of, in the way, in the wind, in the wings The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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