glint in the milkman's eye
English
editEtymology
editCreated by analogy with similar expressions such "a glint in your father's eye", but implying the child was conceived adulterously; milkmen, visiting housewives while their husbands would have been at work, are often associated with adultery.
Noun
editglint in the milkman's eye (plural glints in the milkman's eye)
- (UK, humorous) Someone or something that has not been born or conceived yet.
- 2010, Lisa Wright, “Album review: Twin Shadow - Forget (4AD)”, in NME:
- It’s no wonder then that, musically, from Summer Camp to Best Coast, we’ve stepped into a sepia time machine recently, transported back to a golden age where romance abounded and Justin Bieber was a mere glint in the milkman’s eye.
- 1987, “Dish and Dishonesty”, in Blackadder the Third:
- "And which Pitt would this be? Pitt the Toddler? Pitt the Embryo? Pitt the Glint in the Milkman's Eye?"