twinkling of the eye
11in the twinkling of an eye — or in a twinkling very quickly …
12in the twinkling of an eye — Meaning Origin From the Bible, Corinthians 15:56. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. Used by Shakespeare in The Merchant Of …
13in the twinkling of an eye — adverb Immediately; instantaneously. Ill take my leave of the Jew in the twinkling of an eye …
14Twinkling — Twin kling, n. 1. The act of one who, or of that which, twinkles; a quick movement of the eye; a wink; a twinkle. Holland. [1913 Webster] 2. A shining with intermitted light; a scintillation; a sparkling; as, the twinkling of the stars. [1913… …
15In the twinkling of an eye — If something happens in the twinkling of an eyeE, it happens very quickly …
16eye — eye1 W1S1 [aı] n ↑ear, ↑nose, ↑tooth, ↑eye ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for seeing with)¦ 2¦(way of seeing/understanding)¦ 3 keep an eye on something/somebody 4 have/keep your eye on somebody 5 eye contact 6 keep/have one eye/half an eye on somebody/something …
17eye — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ amber, blue, brown, dark, golden, green, grey/gray …
18eye — 1 /aI/ noun (C) BODY PART 1 one of the two parts of the body that people and animals use to see: Annie has blue eyes. | Close your eyes and count to ten. 2 blue eyed/one eyed/bright eyed/wide eyed etc having blue eyes, one eye, bright eyes, eyes… …
19twinkling — /ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ/ (say twingkling) noun 1. the act of shining with little gleams of light. 2. Obsolete winking; a wink. –phrase 3. in the twinkling of an eye, in a very short space of time; immediately: *In the twinkling of an eye it happened, before… …
20twinkling — I noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) (Freq. 1) if I had the chance I d do it in a flash • Syn: ↑blink of an eye, ↑flash, ↑heartbeat, ↑instant, ↑ …
