| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | at a blink of an eye | на раз-два (Moscowtran) |
| idiom. | at the blink of an eye | в мгновение ока (Баян) |
| fig.of.sp. | be gone in the blink of an eye | исчезнуть в мгновение ока (I saw a UFO a couple of weeks ago late one evening, looked like two oval shaped objects. One followed the other, as they both shot away at speed, so fast they were vanished in seconds. No time to get a picture of them, as they were gone in the blink of an eye. Never seen anything like this before, it was a quite a startling sight. (dailymail.co.uk) ART Vancouver) |
| idiom. | be gone in the blink of an eye | моментально исчезнуть (I saw a UFO a couple of weeks ago late one evening, looked like two oval shaped objects. One followed the other, as they both shot away at speed, so fast they were vanished in seconds. No time to get a picture of them, as they were gone in the blink of an eye. Never seen anything like this before, it was a quite a startling sight. (dailymail.co.uk) ART Vancouver) |
| Makarov. | blink one's eyes | моргать |
| gen. | blink of an eye | мгновенье ока (vladimirprokopovich) |
| gen. | don't blink your eyes | не моргай |
| gen. | eye blink | мигание глазом |
| avia., med. | eye blink rate | частота моргательных движений |
| avia., med. | eye blink rate | частота мигательных движений |
| Makarov. | he did not miss the blink in the manager's eyes | от него не ускользнуло то, как сверкнули глаза управляющего |
| gen. | he didn't miss the blink in the manager's eyes | от него не ускользнуло то, как сверкнули глаза управляющего |
| amer. | in a blink of an eye | в одно мгновение (In the blink of an eye the handsome prince was transformed into an ugly frog. Val_Ships) |
| amer. | in a blink of an eye | моментально (extremely quickly Val_Ships) |
| amer. | in a blink of an eye | вмиг (There was a huge "boom" and in the blink of an eye the buildings were gone. Val_Ships) |
| gen. | in a blink of an eye | в мгновение ока (denghu) |
| gen. | in an eye blink | в мгновение ока (mafina) |
| gen. | in the blink of an eye | в мгновение ока (nadine30) |
| gen. | in the blink of an eye | в один момент (VLZ_58) |
| gen. | in the blink of an eye | моментально (VLZ_58) |
| gen. | in the blink of an eye | мгновенно (VLZ_58) |
| gen. | in the blink of an eye | в один миг (VLZ_58) |
| rhetor. | in the blink of an eye | в один миг (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | in the blink of an eye | в одно мгновение (nadine30) |
| gen. | in the blink of an eye | оглянуться не успеешь (VLZ_58) |
| gen. | in the blink of an eye | ахнуть не успеешь (VLZ_58) |
| gen. | in the blink of an eye | глазом моргнуть не успеешь (Andrew Goff) |
| gen. | several blinks will get a cinder out of the eye | моргнув несколько раз, удалишь соринку из глаза |
| gen. | with a blink of one's eye | в мгновение ока (maxsluzh) |