The phrase
"to blink an eye" means to react or respond quickly without hesitation. It suggests that someone didn't take much time to think or consider before taking action.
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Just as most lawyers do
n't blink an eye at helping «guilty» criminals go unpunished, most physicians are not bothered by death.
but will go out to the movies and drop 60 bucks
without blinking an eye for the same old plot lines played by different actors and the movie is usually 90 min at most.
If you're prone to crying, bring your tissues for this one and if you're a hardcore zombie buff who didn't even
blink an eye at The Walking Dead season 7 premiere, we bet you might let a few cries of woe out as well.
Our friends and family quickly became accustomed to my constant pumping and didn't
even blink an eye when they saw me wearing my «backwards cape».
«I did think, wow, that's more money than I thought it was going to be, but no
one blinked an eye,» said Rep. Alissa Keny - Guyer of Portland, the bill's chief sponsor.
They didn't
blink an eye when I put a bowl of this cauliflower fried rice in front of them.
He has no food aggression and wont even
blink an eye if any of us go for his food while he is eating it.
«They just don't make it very clear what exactly he recovered,» Monti said, such as «just some small sign of consciousness or [whether he] could, say,
blink eyes in response to command.»
Soon they discover the place is full of soot sprites (little, black, fluffy blobs
with blinking eyes) and some other amazing critters called Totoros.
So many don't
blink an eye on spending $ 30k on a vehicle when they could have spent less, bought used, whatever, on something that simply depreciates (unless it's a collectable.)
Toyota plans to sell Kirobo Mini,
which blinks its eyes and speaks with a baby - like high - pitched voice, for 39,800 yen ($ 392) in Japan next year.
The calm clerk
never blinks an eye At the sight of her, pushes a button And gathers information for the towers Of the future, the ivory silos of the west Where facts fit into place.
It seems like we
just blinked our eyes and half of fall has passed us by — and boy oh boy has it been hectic.
In our country, S Africa,
nobody blinks an eye if we see an indigenous baby breastfeeding in public.
When asked about these issues, Szostak — understated as always —
blinks his eyes slowly and gives a slight shrug.
It always strikes me as odd that everyone harps on and on about speculating with negative cashflow, but don't
blink an eye about speculating in markets with sustained negative appreciation.
These days, we
barely blink an eye at the idea that a game can come from nowhere and shake through word - of - mouth, clever concepts, a bit of cool technology like Portal's... well, portals... or simply by hooking into some reservoir of good feeling, and accomplish more than any marketing budget can dream of.
A newly developed user interface, the «i - Mouse,» in the K - Glass 2 tracks the user's gaze and connects the device to the Internet through
blinking eyes such as winks.
My ex is dating her boss If they re all 3 - 5 years younger than you are, most people
wont blink an eye about an older guy dating a slightly younger girl, no one really gives a sht about how old either of us are.
Because Jesus blots you folks out quicker than you can
blink your eyes because you didn't humble yourself enough to believe.
Now we and the sane world are observing with horror that a theocracy (whelped by foreign powers) in Iran is brutalizing, tormenting, torturing and murdering them openly without any global organization related to Human
Rights blinking their eyes.
Your baby can
now blink their eyes, and their eyesight has developed to the point where they will be able to see your face when breastfeeding!
«They may
start blinking their eyes, yawning, getting cranky, rubbing their eyes, or zoning out when they need a nap,» Yapalater says, warning that «this can happen quite quickly.»
Blinking eye cells on a polymer chip — along with other «organs - on - chips» — offer a new way to examine the effects of drug treatments on humans, according to the panelists of a Feb. 16 news briefing at the 2018 AAAS Annual Meeting.
At the moment, several of its scruffy denizens, including Sam Kendig, 22, are ramming sectional couches down a corridor of classrooms as fast as low - tech human power can, past lab - coated professors and graduate students, none of
whom blink an eye.
The air puff would cause a patient to blink or flinch his or her eye as a natural reaction, but after repeated trials over the course of half an hour, many of the patients would begin to anticipate the puff,
blinking an eye after only hearing the tone.
You've
probably blinked your eyes a couple of times and maybe even moved in closer to your screen straining to figure out where in the heck are there polka dots in that outfit.
I'd like to
blink my eyes à la Jeannie or twitch my nose à la Samantha to get the place in order — to then enjoy the pleasure of bringing the holiday sparkle to the fore.
One comic, George Burns, has even been able to turn old age into part of his act, the
creakily blinking eyes and slowly flickering tongue into refinements of comic timing.
Early on, the team had dramatic success with a young boy named Matt who had cerebral palsy and could only communicate
by blinking his eyes and opening and closing his mouth.
I'm not sure
why blinking my eyes earned a round of applause and why it mattered that I was peeing into a bag, but to these people, it was like they were witnessing a true miracle.
It seems a bit awkward to look at a point on the screen and to then do a gesture to indicate you want to touch (let's
say blink your eyes).
If the dog is facing you with a closed mouth, or a
non blinking eye, with body weight forward, or stiff, or eager to get to you in an aroused state.
These would include a loose body (free of tension), open mouth, relaxed ears,
soft blinking eyes, relaxed neutral tail and ears.
«Dry eye» is a problem with ShihTzu — a disorder which the eyes don't provide natural tears, it's exhibited in dogs with dull or
dry blinking eyes.