blink of an eye

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Noun

blink of an eye

(idiomatic) A very short period of time.

Synonyms

eyeblink

Derived terms

in the blink of an eye

Translations

very short period of time

Chinese:
Mandarin: 眨眼 (zh) (zhǎyǎn)
Finnish: silmänräpäys (fi)
French: clin d'œil (fr) m
German: Augenblick (de) m
Italian: batter d'occhio m, batter d'occhi m, battito di ciglia m

Japanese: あっという間 (あっというま, a-tto iu ma) (the time it takes to say "Ah!")
Maori: matakarapa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: øyeblikk (no) n
Russian: мгнове́ние о́ка (ru) n (mgnovénije óka), мгнове́ние (ru) n (mgnovénije)

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