twinkle in one's father's eye

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(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.

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At reunions he would grin and point out the twinkle in one's father's eye, as if that furtive, hopeful look around the time of conception explained everything.

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(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.

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.

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twinkles in their fathers' eyes （ plural ）