blink-and-you-miss-it

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Barely visible because gone too quickly.The famous actor'sblink-and-you-miss-itappearance in the short film is little known.Theblink-and-you-miss-ittown is located between two major highways.2015, Susan Wittig Albert,Bittersweet, Penguin,→ISBN, page40:Now, driving down the shadowy street, appreciating its early-morning peace and quiet, she reached down to the truck's cup holder and picked up the mug of hot coffee, Utopia was one of thoseblink-and-you-miss-ittowns, on a road that didn't go much of anywhere.

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