in+a+twinkle+(of+an+eye)

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• in the twinkle of an eye — informal : very quickly : in a very short time He was back in the twinkle of an eye. • • • Main Entry: ↑twinkle …   Useful english dictionary

• a twinkle in your eye — see ↑twinkle, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑eye a twinkle in your eye : a friendly or happy expression in your eyes He always talks about his children with a twinkle in his eye. Her grandchildren put a twinkle in her eye. [=made her happy] • • • Ma …   Useful english dictionary

• Twinkle — Twin kle, n. 1. A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye. [1913 Webster] Suddenly, with twinkle of her eye, The damsel broke his misintended dart. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A brief flash or gleam, esp.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• eye — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ amber, blue, brown, dark, golden, green, grey/gray …   Collocations dictionary

• twinkle — 1 verb (I) 1 if a star or light twinkles, it shines in the dark, quickly changing from bright to faint: The lights of the town twinkled below us. 2 if someone s eyes twinkle, they have a cheerful expression (+ with): Don s eyes twinkled with… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• eye — n. organ of sight 1) to blink; close, shut; open; roll; squint one s eyes 2) to drop, lower; lift, raise one s eyes 3) to rest; strain one s eyes 4) to lay, set one s eyes on smt. ( to see smt. ) 5) to keep one s eyes open, peeled (esp. AE),… …   Combinatory dictionary

• twinkle — twin|kle1 [ˈtwıŋkəl] v [: Old English; Origin: twinclian] 1.) if a star or light twinkles, it shines in the dark with an unsteady light ▪ stars twinkling in the sky ▪ I saw lights twinkling in the little town below us. 2.) if someone s eyes… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• twinkle — 1. verb a) to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer The stars were twinkling in the dark sky. b) to be bright with delight We could see the lights of the …   Wiktionary

• twinkle — noun & verb a twinkle in her eye the lights of the city twinkled below me Syn: glitter, sparkle, shine, glimmer, shimmer, glint, gleam, flicker, flash, wink; literary glister …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star — Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is a popular English nursery rhyme by Jane Taylor. The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published (as The Star ) in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery , a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann. It is… …   Wikipedia

• twinkle — [twiŋ′kəl] vi. twinkled, twinkling [ME twinklen < OE twinclian, freq. of base seen in MHG zwinken, to wink] 1. to shine with quick, intermittent flashes of light, as some stars; sparkle 2. to light up, as with amusement: said of the eyes 3. to …   English World dictionary