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be on the blink (informal) if a machine is on the blink, it is not working as it should. I think the photocopier's on the blink. before someone could blink very quickly or suddenly. Before you could blink, he'd grabbed the purse and was halfway down the street. in the blink of an eye extremely quickly. In the blink of an eye the handsome prince was transformed into an ugly frog. See also: eye in the blink of an eye extremely quickly. There was a huge "boom" and in the blink of an eye the buildings were gone. See also: eye on the blink not operating well. The computers in the accounting department are always on the blink and the bills don't get paid on time. |
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The line is indicative of a movie that favors platitudes over normal dialogue and features a baseball coach who doesn't blink an eye when a starting pitcher runs off the field in the middle of an important game. Liu, supposedly China's best and brightest, for some reason, doesn't blink an eye at Richard's atrocities - a mistake, as he soon finds himself the target of his French connection's wrath. |
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