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in the twinkling of an eye

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if something happens in the twinkling of an eye, it happens very quickly. This machine will do all the calculations in the twinkling of an eye.

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? References in classic literature
Then they dressed themselves in the twinkling of an eye, and danced and capered and sprang about, as merry as could be; till at last they danced out at the door, and away over the green. Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context He executed the order in the twinkling of an eye, and unrolling a piece of tappa, displayed to my astonished gaze the identical pumps which I thought had been destroyed long before. Typee by Melville, Herman View in context The tree that has been getting a twist for twenty years cannot be straightened in the twinkling of an eye. Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context More results

References in classic literature

Then they dressed themselves in the twinkling of an eye, and danced and capered and sprang about, as merry as could be; till at last they danced out at the door, and away over the green.

Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context

He executed the order in the twinkling of an eye, and unrolling a piece of tappa, displayed to my astonished gaze the identical pumps which I thought had been destroyed long before.

Typee by Melville, Herman View in context

The tree that has been getting a twist for twenty years cannot be straightened in the twinkling of an eye.

Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context

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