单词 | on the fly |
释义 | on the flyIn a hurry, on the run, as in I picked up some groceries on the fly. The transfer of this expression, which literally means “in midair or in flight,” dates from the mid-1800s. Words nearby on the flyon the dot, on the double, on the edge, on the eve of, on the face of it, on the fly, on the fritz, on the go, on the heels of, on the Hill, on the horizon The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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