in the blink of an eye

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55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أسرع من الطرف (ʔasraʕa mann al-ṭaraf) — immediately, instantaneously
• Armenian: մի ակնթարթում (mi akntʻartʻum) — immediately, instantaneously
• Old Armenian: ի քթթել ական (i kʻtʻtʻel akan) — immediately, instantaneously
• Bulgarian: мигновено (mignoveno) — immediately, instantaneously
• Catalan: en un tancar i obrir d'ulls — immediately, instantaneously
• Chinese Mandarin: 眨眼之間 /眨眼之间 (zhǎyǎn zhījiān) — immediately, instantaneously
• Chinese Mandarin: 一瞬間 /一瞬间 (yīshùnjiān) — immediately, instantaneously
• Chinese Mandarin: 眨眼間 /眨眼间 (zhǎyǎnjiān) — immediately, instantaneously
• Czech: v mrknutí oka — immediately, instantaneously
• Danish: i løbet af et øjeblik — immediately, instantaneously
• Danish: i et øjeblik — immediately, instantaneously
• Danish: øjeblikkeligt — immediately, instantaneously
• Dutch: in een oogwenk — immediately, instantaneously
• Esperanto: en palpebruma daŭro — immediately, instantaneously
• Finnish: silmänräpäyksessä — immediately, instantaneously
• French: en un clin d'œil — immediately, instantaneously
• German: in einem Augenblick — immediately, instantaneously
• German: im Augenblick — immediately, instantaneously
• German: von einem Augenblick auf den anderen — immediately, instantaneously
• German: von einem Augenblick zum anderen — immediately, instantaneously
• German: im Handumdrehen — immediately, instantaneously
• German: in einem Augenschlag — immediately, instantaneously
• Greek: εν ριπή οφθαλμού (en ripí ofthalmoú) — immediately, instantaneously
• Hebrew: כְּהֶרֶף עַיִן (kehéref 'áyin) — immediately, instantaneously
• Hindi: पलक झपकते (palak jhapakte) — immediately, instantaneously
• Hungarian: egy szempillantás alatt — immediately, instantaneously
• Italian: in un batter d'occhio — immediately, instantaneously
• Italian: in un batter d'occhi — immediately, instantaneously
• Italian: in un batter di ciglia — immediately, instantaneously
• Japanese: 瞬く間に (matatakumani) — immediately, instantaneously
• Japanese: 瞬速 (shunsoku) — immediately, instantaneously
• Japanese: あっと言う間に (attoiumani) — immediately, instantaneously
• Korean: 눈 깜짝 할 사이에 (nun kkamjjak hal saie) — immediately, instantaneously
• Korean: 게 눈 감추듯이 (ge nun gamchudeusi) — immediately, instantaneously
• Latin: in ictu oculi — immediately, instantaneously
• Malayalam: വളരെപ്പെട്ടെന്ന് (vaḷareppeṭṭenn) — immediately, instantaneously
• Polish: w mgnieniu oka — immediately, instantaneously
• Polish: w okamgnieniu — immediately, instantaneously
• Portuguese: num piscar de olhos — immediately, instantaneously
• Portuguese: em um piscar de olhos — immediately, instantaneously
• Portuguese: num abrir e fechar de olhos — immediately, instantaneously
• Romanian: cât ai clipi din ochi — immediately, instantaneously
• Romanian: cât ai clipi — immediately, instantaneously
• Russian: в мгнове́ние о́ка (v mgnovénije óka) — immediately, instantaneously
• Spanish: en un abrir y cerrar de ojos — immediately, instantaneously
• Swedish: i ett huj — immediately, instantaneously
• Swedish: på ett ögonblick — immediately, instantaneously
• Swedish: i en handvändning — immediately, instantaneously
• Swedish: i ett nafs — immediately, instantaneously
• Swedish: snabbt som ögat — immediately, instantaneously
• Tagalog: sa isang iglap — immediately, instantaneously
• Thai: ในช่วงพริบตาเดียว — immediately, instantaneously
• Turkish: göz açıp kapayıncaya kadar — immediately, instantaneously
• Yiddish: איידער וואָס, איידער ווען (eyder vos, eyder ven) — immediately, instantaneously
• Yiddish: פּי פּאַ פּאָ, ער איז שוין נישטאָ (pi pa po, er iz shoyn nishto) — immediately, instantaneously