twinkle in (one's) father's eye
twinkle in (one's) father'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 father's eye.
See also: eye, twinkle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- when (one) was a twinkle in (one's) father's eye
- take an eye for an eye
- see eye to eye, to
- see eye to eye
- have (one's)/an eye out for (someone or something)
- see eye to eye with (someone)
- eye to eye
- see eye to eye about (something)
- see eye to eye on (something)
- get eye Go to catch