in the blink of an eye

in the blink of an eye

English

Prepositional phrase

in the blink of an eye

1. (idiomatic) immediately, instantaneously
   • 2013, Ben Smith, "", BBC Sport, 19 October 2013:

     Picking the ball up in his own half, Januzaj threaded a 40-yard pass into the path of Rooney to slice Southampton open in the blink of an eye.

Synonyms

• in the twinkling of an eye
• in the wink of an eye

Translations

immediately, instantaneously

Arabic: أسرع من الطرف‎ (ʾasraʿa mann al-ṭaraf) Czech: v mrknutí oka Danish: i løbet af et øjeblik, i et øjeblik, øjeblikkeligt Dutch: in een oogwenk Esperanto: en palpebruma daŭro Finnish: silmänräpäyksessä French: en un clin d'œil (fr) German: in einem Augenblick, im Augenblick Greek: εν ριπή οφθαλμού (el) (en ripí ofthalmoú) Hebrew: כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן‎ (kehéref 'áyin) Hindi: पलक झपकते (palak jhapakte) Italian: in un batter d'occhio, in un batter d'occhi, in un batter di ciglia

Japanese: 瞬く間に (またたくまに, matatakumani), 瞬速 (しゅんそく, shunsoku), あっと言う間に (あっというまに, attoiumani) Korean: 눈 깜짝 할 사이에 (nun kkamjjak hal saie) Latin: in ictu oculi Malayalam: വളരെപ്പെട്ടെന്ന്‌ (vaḷareppeṭṭenn‌) Polish: w mgnieniu oka (pl) Portuguese: num piscar de olhos Romanian: cât ai clipi din ochi, cât ai clipi Russian: в мгнове́ние о́ка (ru) (v mgnovénije óka) Spanish: en un abrir y cerrar de ojos Swedish: i ett huj (sv), på ett ögonblick, i en handvändning Thai: ในช่วงพริบตาเดียว Yiddish: איידער וואָס, איידער ווען‎ (eyder vos, eyder ven)