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Meanings of blink of an eye in English

Portuguese
segundo
Catalan
segon
Spanish
instante

A very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

segundo
Usage of blink of an eye in English
1
For the way governments work, it is a blink of an eye.
A journey: my political life
2
In motoring terms, 20 years is but the blink of an eye.
The Irish Times
3
And so in the blink of an eye all hope was extinguished.
The Guardian
4
Then the race changed complexion almost in the blink of an eye.
News.com.au
5
The invaders destroyed our civilization in the blink of an eye, Doctor.
Stars rain down
6
They worshiped the railroads here, only a blink of an eye ago.
American Gods
7
Why, entire days seemed to disappear in the blink of an eye!
The Tangle Box
8
That's seven goals in a relative blink of an eye for McGinn.
BBC
9
Centuries of human existence, wiped out in the blink of an eye.
Future Lovecraft
10
One became two in the blink of an eye after half time.
The South African
11
In the near blink of an eye, it slid to one side.
The Burning Dark
12
Smart enough to calculate sixty-digit primes in the blink of an eye.
Year's best sf 15
13
They flashed over the three-kilometer-long ship in the blink of an eye.
First Strike
14
Adam was in front of her within the blink of an eye.
Witch heart
15
This rapidly cools the incoming airstream in the blink of an eye.
Reuters
16
The convenience of booking your accommodation in the blink of an eye?
The South African
Translations for blink of an eye