"Before I can blink" nghĩa là gì?

"Before (one) can blink" = không kịp chớp mắt -> nghĩa là rất nhanh/đột ngột.

Ví dụ

It is no longer an interview but just a pleasant chat between two Scandinavians. Jiji interrupts to ask when they should go out for dinner, and before I can blink, they have asked me to join them. Seafood is on the menu – how could I possibly say no?

He is not a fool to realize that if he sells Messi or kicks him out, he will be off the Club before he can blink. But if he can agitate and frustrate the Argentinian just enough, the Captain may opt for the free transfer in the summer and just leave. Bu Bartomeu doesn't realize that any President who does not let Messi retire at the Club, will be automatically booted out. His ego is so much that it blinds him from that reality.

She insists their marriage is a love match and that will not happen, but they don’t buy it, chasing her into the pantry of her castle where she holes up with her children, awaiting English aid from her brother. Ultimately, it comes via Catherine in the form of Thomas Howard and a small party focused on diplomacy. Meg hopes to go to Stirling to discuss it all, but before she can blink, Angus and the other lords seize her children and cast her out.

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