twinkle in one's father's eye

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A notional look of anticipation or hope (either for sex or a child) in one's father's eyes at or around the time of one's conception. colloquial,humorous,idiomatic
    — Kimberly handed him a whisky and said: "So's that, my boy. Forty-eight-year-old Glenlivet. This was a connoisseur's drop before you were a twinkle in your father's eye."

词形变化

twinkles in their fathers' eyes plural
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