twinkle in one's father's eye

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === twinkle in one's father's eye (plural twinkles in their fathers' eyes) (idiomatic, colloquial, humorous) 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. 1975, Terry Blake, The Fig Tree, Aim Publishing (1975), page 26: 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." For more quotations using this term, see Citations:twinkle in one's father's eye. ==== Usage notes ==== Used to refer to a person when discussing things which existed at or before the time that person was conceived. ==== Synonyms ==== glint in the milkman's eye twinkle in one's daddy's eye