when (one) was a twinkle in (one's) daddy's eye
when (one) was a twinkle in (one's) daddy's eye
At or before one was born. I never knew my grandparents—they died when I was a twinkle in my daddy's eye. I was editing this newspaper when you were just a twinkle in your daddy's eye, so don't presume to lecture me on proper grammar!
See also: eye, twinkle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- when (one) was a twinkle in (one's) father's eye
- a twinkle in (one's) daddy's eye
- daddy
- twinkle
- twinkle in (one's) father's eye
- in the twinkle of an eye
- twinkle in (one's) eye
- a twinkle in someone's eye
- do (one) in the eye
- do someone in the eye