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
B-29s have been driven from the daytime sky, are forced to fly by night because they are relics of World War II within range of an enemy air force designed precisely for World War III.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are owls that fly by day and owls that fly by night, though this is a less satisfactory distinction than that between the diurnal butterflies and nocturnal moths.
From Birds in the Calendar by Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George)
