in the blink of an eye
C2
extremelyquickly:
一眨眼，瞬间In theblinkof aneye, he was gone.一眨眼他就不见了。
Short in time
- abbreviated
- at a moment's/two hours'/three weeks', etc. noticeidiom
- awhile
- be short noticeidiom
- bite-sized
- brief
- dose
- fit
- jiffy
- micro-moment
- minute
- mo
- moment
- momentarily
- momentary
- shortish
- transient
- trice
- twinkling
- wee hours
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in the blink of an eye
They can be mild or extremely severe and can move from one to the otherintheblinkofaneye.
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But we should be ever mindful that in our information age the media have the power to reach a constituency of millionsintheblinkofaneye.
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It happened so fast, and the resolve wasintheblinkofaneye.
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