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单词 on the wing
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on the wing

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1

In flight, usually referring to a bird as opposed to a plane. For example, Louise is very good at identifying birds on the wing. [Late 1400s]

2

Active, in motion, as in Coaches are always on the wing, trying to recruit talented athletes. This usage may be obsolescent. [c. 1500]

Words nearby on the wing

on the warpath, on the watch, on the way, on the way out, on the whole, on the wing, on the wrong foot, on the wrong side of bed, on the wrong tack, on thin ice, ontic
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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