Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic A very short period of time.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
Examples
“In the blink of an eye the sword form called Whirlwind on the Mountain became The Wind Blows Over the Wall became Unfolding the Fan.”
“In the blink of an eye they went from succulent, plump green to brown and brittle, crisped on branches suddenly black and smoking.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘blink of an eye’.
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Public List: Body Metaphors
Phrases that use body parts metaphorically.
neck of the woods, bone of contention, mouth of a river, teeth of the storm, heart of the matter, foot of the bed, eye of the storm, dogleg hole, finger lakes, headwaters, foothills, knik arm and 212 more...
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See, The Eyes Have It
List of words (or phrases) containing eye-, -eye-, or -eye. Beginning with red-eye and eyebright.
I've since begun adding other more oblique terms that lack the string -eye-, but that...red-eye, eyebright, arguw-eye, bigeye, bird's-eye, buckeye, blarneyed, wheyey, eyebrow, eyecup, eyedropper, eyeful and 296 more...
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