| English | Russian |
| be on the blink | потерпеть аварию (об оборудовании) |
| be on the blink | выйти из строя |
| blink at | хлопать глазами на кого-либо / что-либо (растерянно, не понимая и т.д. Abysslooker) |
| blink from time to time | примаргивать |
| blink now and then | помаргивать |
| blink off and on | помигивать |
| blink out | исчезнуть (на глазах у свидетелей • Clyde Shaw, however – who had an MIB encounter after seeing a "Flying Triangle"-type UFO late one September 1989 night in Phoenix, Arizona – had a fascinating story to tell that revolves around invisibility. Shaw swore that he saw his unwelcome visitor "become blurred" on the doorstep – kind of like in a heat haze – for a couple of seconds and then blinked out completely. (...) Does that mean the MIB have "invisibility cloaks"? Maybe they do.  mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
| stand there blinking dumbly | хлопать глазами (sit there george serebryakov) |
| without blinking an eye | не моргнув глазом (Val_Ships) |