in the blink of an eye

English

Prepositional phrase

(idiomatic) immediately, instantaneously
- 2013 October 19, Ben Smith, BBC Sport:
  Picking the ball up in his own half, Januzaj threaded a 40-yard pass into the path of Rooney to slice Southampton open in the blink of an eye.

Synonyms

Translations

immediately, instantaneously

Arabic: أسرع من الطرف (ʔasraʕa mann al-ṭaraf)
Catalan: en un tancar i obrir d'ulls
Czech: v mrknutí oka
Danish: i løbet af et øjeblik, i et øjeblik, øjeblikkeligt
Dutch: in een oogwenk
Esperanto: en palpebruma daŭro
Finnish: silmänräpäyksessä
French: en un clin d’œil (fr)
German: in einem Augenblick, im Augenblick, von einem Augenblick auf den anderen, von einem Augenblick zum anderen, im Handumdrehen (de), in einem Augenschlag (rare)
Greek: εν ριπή οφθαλμού (el) (en ripí ofthalmoú)
Hebrew: כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן (kehéref 'áyin)
Hindi: पलक झपकते (palak jhapakte)
Hungarian: egy szempillantás alatt
Italian: in un batter d'occhio, in un batter d'occhi, in un batter di ciglia
Japanese: 瞬く間に (またたくまに, matatakumani), 瞬速 (しゅんそく, shunsoku), あっと言う間に (あっというまに, attoiumani)
Korean: 눈 깜짝 할 사이에 (nun kkamjjak hal saie), 게 눈 감추듯이 (ge nun gamchudeusi)
Latin: in ictu oculi
Malayalam: വളരെപ്പെട്ടെന്ന് (vaḷareppeṭṭenn‌)
Polish: w mgnieniu oka (pl), w okamgnieniu (pl)
Portuguese: num piscar de olhos, em um piscar de olhos
Romanian: cât ai clipi din ochi, cât ai clipi
Russian: в мгнове́ние о́ка (ru) (v mgnovénije óka)
Spanish: en un abrir y cerrar de ojos
Swedish: i ett huj (sv), på ett ögonblick, i en handvändning, i ett nafs (sv)
Tagalog: sa isang iglap
Thai: ในช่วงพริบตาเดียว
Turkish: göz açıp kapayıncaya kadar (tr)
Yiddish: איידער וואָס, איידער ווען (eyder vos, eyder ven), פּי פּאַ פּאָ, ער איז שוין נישטאָ (pi pa po, er iz shoyn nishto)

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