in the blink of an eye

English

Prepositional phrase

in the blink of an eye

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

     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 (ʔasraʕa mann al-ṭaraf)
• Armenian: մի ակնթարթում (hy) (mi akntʻartʻum)

  Old Armenian: ի քթթել ական (i kʻtʻtʻel akan)

• Catalan: en un tancar i obrir d'ulls
• Chinese:

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• 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, von einem Augenblick auf den anderen, von einem Augenblick zum anderen, im Handumdrehen (de), in einem Augenschlag (rare)
• Greek: εν ριπή οφθαλμού (el) (en ripí ofthalmoú)
• Hebrew: כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן (kehéref 'áyin)
• Hindi: पलक झपकते (palak jhapakte)
• Hungarian: egy szempillantás alatt
• 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), 게 눈 감추듯이 (ge nun gamchudeusi)
• Latin: in ictu oculi
• Malayalam: വളരെപ്പെട്ടെന്ന് (vaḷareppeṭṭenn‌)
• Polish: w mgnieniu oka (pl), w okamgnieniu (pl)
• Portuguese: num piscar de olhos, em um piscar de olhos, num abrir e fechar 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, i ett nafs (sv), snabbt som ögat
• Tagalog: sa isang iglap
• Thai: ในช่วงพริบตาเดียว
• Turkish: göz açıp kapayıncaya kadar (tr)
• Yiddish: איידער וואָס, איידער ווען (eyder vos, eyder ven), פּי פּאַ פּאָ, ער איז שוין נישטאָ (pi pa po, er iz shoyn nishto)