fly-by-night
Example Sentences
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That they had been friends for so long before, Ms. Röhm said, made it obvious that their romantic relationship was not a fly by night affair.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021
Nowadays they sleep by day and fly by night.
From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2020
H&R Block probably weeds out most of these but I worry about some of the other "fly by night" tax preparation places.
From Time • Feb. 9, 2013
Rushing the season, all sorts of wildly sanguine early birds fly by night only to crash by morning.
From Time Magazine Archive
At least they told me so; that the Seven Whistlers are seven spirits of ladies who fly by night, high in the air, like birds.
From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey
