The problem with the phrase is that is the blinding flash of the obvious.

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Flash-bangs, as their name implies, combine a deafening report with a blinding flash, both through pyrotechnics.

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Drop the fancy acronyms, and the maximisation of shareholder value is a blinding flash of the obvious.

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There is a sudden, blinding flash and a loud bang with the sound of breaking glass, at which point the recording stops.

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What a blinding flash of revelation the conclusion brings!

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Treblinka became real, the shift from myth to reality took place in a blinding flash, the encounter between a name and a place wiped out everything I had learned, forced me to start again from scratch.

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Whereas some heroes in this series appear to be listening to their emotions and willfully blinding themselves to the truth, Flash is able to step back and analyze the situation.

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Unless you're super close to the lip of the stage (in which case you're blinding the poor theremin player with your insistent flash), those shots you keep pumping out can't be that good.

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