Meanings
prepositional phrase
- idiomaticImmediately, instantaneously.
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.
2013 October 19, Ben Smith, BBC SportSynonyms: in the twinkling of an eye, in the wink of an eye
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseImmediately, instantaneously.
Translations
Arabic أسرع من الطرف
- أسرع من الطرف (ʔasraʕa mann al-ṭaraf)immediately, instantaneously
Bulgarian мигновено
- мигновено (mignoveno)immediately, instantaneously
Catalan en un tancar i obrir d'ulls
- en un tancar i obrir d'ullsimmediately, instantaneously
Chinese Mandarin 眨眼之間 /眨眼之间, 一瞬間 /一瞬间
- 眨眼之間 /眨眼之间 (zhǎyǎn zhījiān)immediately, instantaneously
- 一瞬間 /一瞬间 (yīshùnjiān)immediately, instantaneously
- 眨眼間 /眨眼间 (zhǎyǎnjiān)immediately, instantaneously
Czech v mrknutí oka
- v mrknutí okaimmediately, instantaneously
Danish i løbet af et øjeblik, i et øjeblik
- i løbet af et øjeblikimmediately, instantaneously
- i et øjeblikimmediately, instantaneously
- øjeblikkeligtimmediately, instantaneously
Dutch in een oogwenk
- in een oogwenkimmediately, instantaneously
Esperanto en palpebruma daŭro
- en palpebruma daŭroimmediately, instantaneously
Finnish silmänräpäyksessä
- silmänräpäyksessäimmediately, instantaneously
French en un clin d'œil
- en un clin d'œilimmediately, instantaneously
German in einem Augenblick, im Augenblick
- in einem Augenblickimmediately, instantaneously
- im Augenblickimmediately, instantaneously
- von einem Augenblick auf den anderenimmediately, instantaneously
- von einem Augenblick zum anderenimmediately, instantaneously
- im Handumdrehenimmediately, instantaneously
- in einem Augenschlagimmediately, instantaneously
Greek εν ριπή οφθαλμού
- εν ριπή οφθαλμού (en ripí ofthalmoú)immediately, instantaneously
Hebrew כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן
- כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן (kehéref 'áyin)immediately, instantaneously
Hindi पलक झपकते
- पलक झपकते (palak jhapakte)immediately, instantaneously
Hungarian egy szempillantás alatt
- egy szempillantás alattimmediately, instantaneously
Italian in un batter d'occhio, in un batter d'occhi
- in un batter d'occhioimmediately, instantaneously
- in un batter d'occhiimmediately, instantaneously
- in un batter di cigliaimmediately, instantaneously
Japanese 瞬く間に, 瞬速
- 瞬く間に (matatakumani)immediately, instantaneously
- 瞬速 (shunsoku)immediately, instantaneously
- あっと言う間に (attoiumani)immediately, instantaneously
Korean 눈 깜짝 할 사이에, 게 눈 감추듯이
- 눈 깜짝 할 사이에 (nun kkamjjak hal saie)immediately, instantaneously
- 게 눈 감추듯이 (ge nun gamchudeusi)immediately, instantaneously
Latin in ictu oculi
- in ictu oculiimmediately, instantaneously
Polish w mgnieniu oka, w okamgnieniu
- w mgnieniu okaimmediately, instantaneously
- w okamgnieniuimmediately, instantaneously
Portuguese num piscar de olhos, em um piscar de olhos
- num piscar de olhosimmediately, instantaneously
- em um piscar de olhosimmediately, instantaneously
- num abrir e fechar de olhosimmediately, instantaneously
Romanian cât ai clipi din ochi, cât ai clipi
- cât ai clipi din ochiimmediately, instantaneously
- cât ai clipiimmediately, instantaneously
- într-o clipităimmediately, instantaneously
Russian в мгнове́ние о́ка
- в мгнове́ние о́ка (v mgnovénije óka)immediately, instantaneously
Spanish en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, en un abrir de ojos
- en un abrir y cerrar de ojosimmediately, instantaneously
- en un abrir de ojosimmediately, instantaneously
- en un volver de ojosimmediately, instantaneously
Swedish i ett huj, på ett ögonblick
- i ett hujimmediately, instantaneously
- på ett ögonblickimmediately, instantaneously
- i en handvändningimmediately, instantaneously
- i ett nafsimmediately, instantaneously
- snabbt som ögatimmediately, instantaneously
Tagalog sa isang iglap
- sa isang iglapimmediately, instantaneously
Thai ในช่วงพริบตาเดียว
- ในช่วงพริบตาเดียวimmediately, instantaneously
Turkish göz açıp kapayıncaya kadar
- göz açıp kapayıncaya kadarimmediately, instantaneously
Yiddish איידער וואָס, איידער ווען, פּי פּאַ פּאָ, ער איז שוין נישטאָ
- איידער וואָס, איידער ווען (eyder vos, eyder ven)immediately, instantaneously
- פּי פּאַ פּאָ, ער איז שוין נישטאָ (pi pa po, er iz shoyn nishto)immediately, instantaneously
Cite this entry
APA
in the blink of an eye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20blink%20of%20an%20eye
MLA
“in the blink of an eye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20blink%20of%20an%20eye. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in the blink of an eye,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20blink%20of%20an%20eye.
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