twinkle in one's father's eye: meaning & examples

Meanings:

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  • A reference to the time before someone was conceived or born; used to indicate that something or someone did not exist at an earlier time.

  Examples

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  • That building wasn’t even a twinkle in his father’s eye when he first moved here.

    Ese edificio ni siquiera existía cuando su padre se mudó aquí.

  • The idea of starting a tech company was just a twinkle in her father’s eye back then.

    La idea de iniciar una empresa tecnológica era solo un pensamiento en ese entonces.

  • She wasn’t a twinkle in her father’s eye when the old library was built.

    Ella ni siquiera había sido concebida cuando construyeron la antigua biblioteca.