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in the twinkling of an eye
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In an instant, as in The breakup of Yugoslavia created many warring nations in the twinkling of an eye . This hyperbolic expression, which alludes to the very brief time it takes for an eye to blink, is heard less often today. [c. 1300]Advertisement
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