单词 | fly-by-night |
释义 | fly-by-night /fluy"buy nuyt'/, adj. 1. not reliable or responsible, esp. in business; untrustworthy: a fly-by-night operation. 2. not lasting; brief; impermanent; transitory: a fly-by-night theater. n. Also, fly-by-nighter. 3. a person or thing that is unreliable, esp. a debtor who evades or attempts to evade creditors. 4. a person regarded as a poor credit risk. [1790-1800] |
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