when (one) was a twinkle in (one's) father's eye

when (one) was a twinkle in (one's) father's eye

Before one was born. I never knew my grandparents—they died when I was a twinkle in my father's eye.
See also: eye, twinkle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • twinkle in (one's) father's eye
  • eye of the wind
  • in the eye of the wind
  • do (one) in the eye
  • do someone in the eye
  • pipe (one's) eye
  • pipe your eye
  • see eye to eye
  • see eye to eye, to
  • have (one's)/an eye out for (someone or something)