What does blink-and-you-miss-it mean?

blink-and-you-miss-it

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

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"The famous actor's blink-and-you-miss-it appearance in the short film is little known."
"The blink-and-you-miss-it town is located between two major highways."
"Now, driving down the shadowy street, appreciating its early-morning peace and quiet, she reached down to the truck's cup holder and picked up the mug of hot coffee, Utopia was one of those blink-and-you-miss-it towns, on a road that didn't go much of anywhere."

blink-and-you'll-miss-it (alternative)

here today, gone tomorrow

here today, gone tomorrow

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