"In the twinkling of an eye" is a phrase meaning in an instant or very quickly. It's earliest uses are found in Robert Manning of Brunne's 1303 version of Handlyng synne, "Yn twynkelyng of an ye." It is also found in The Bible in 1 Corinthians 15:52, "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the Trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
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