glint in the milkman's eye

Meaning

Noun

• Someone or something that has not been born or conceived yet.

Related

Similar words

• twinkle in one's daddy's eye
• twinkle in one's father's eye

Origin

• Created 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.