a twinkle in (one's) daddy's eye
a twinkle in (one's) daddy's eye
A phrase used to describe the time before one's birth. I never knew my grandparents. They died when I was just a twinkle in my daddy's eye. Don't lecture me on proper grammar, intern! I've been editing this newspaper since you were just a twinkle in your daddy's eye!
See also: eye, twinkle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- twinkle
- daddy
- twinkle in (one's) father's eye
- when (one) was a twinkle in (one's) daddy's eye
- when (one) was a twinkle in (one's) father's eye
- in the twinkle of an eye
- in time
- in (one's) time
- spoil somebody rotten
- spoiled rotten