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2022-02-23 04:02
When (one) was a twinkle in (one's) father's eye phrase
This phrase refers to the time before one was born into this world.
I never knew my father's parents as they passed away when I was a twinkle in my father's eye.
His brother died in a car accident when he was a twinkle in his father's eye.
She believes every day of her life had already been written on God's calendar when she was a twinkle in her father's eye.
From a song, "When You Were a Smile on Your Mother's Lips (and a Twinkle in Your Daddy's Eye)", written for the 1934 film, Dames; derived from the presumption that prior to the conception of a baby, the father was sexually aroused, and this arousal was reflected in a pleased look in the father's eyes.
Do you see anything wrong?
To begin to decline or deteriorate decline; to get worse very quickly
After his leg's injury, his skiing career hit the skids.
