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in the twinkling of an eye

Idioms

In 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]

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in the twinkling of an eye

In the words of St. Paul, “We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed — in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.”

From The Verge ● Jul. 10, 2020

A line from "Messiah" proclaims: “We shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.”

From US News ● Dec. 23, 2014

You can swap chokes, barrels, trigger groups, and stocks in the twinkling of an eye.

From Time Magazine Archive

LSM 60 vanished in the twinkling of an eye.

From Time Magazine Archive

They marvelled to see with what speed these green-clad men now moved, vanishing almost in the twinkling of an eye.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

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