flying visit idiomatic meaning

A flying visit In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "a flying visit", english idiom dictionary ( also found in vietnamese ).

Meaning of A flying visit

A flying visit noun phrase

A visit that takes only a short time

My mother had some business to do so she just paid a flying visit to my place and left within 2 hours.

I made a flying visit to the street market.

There are many things you can do in a flying visit to Hanoi.

I want to go for a flying visit to my old friend's house before leaving here.

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Go somewhere for a brief visit or purpose

Said to someone who visits you unexpectedly or briefly

You are always welcome to visit

To stay away from someone's house permanently.

Grammar and Usage of A flying visit

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Flying Visit

What Does "Flying Visit" Mean?

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• I'm just here for a flying visit; I have to leave in an hour.
• She made a flying visit to the city for the conference.
• Unfortunately, it was only a flying visit, and we didn't get to spend much time together.

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Pronunciation [ edit ], noun [ edit ].

flying visit ( plural flying visits )

• 2022 November 7, “The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s Cop27 trip: placing the planet on a road to hell”, in The Guardian ‎ [1] : Rishi Sunak is not interested in the climate emergency – and everyone knows it. Forced to make a flying visit to Cop27, Mr Sunak’s intransigence made him an outcast at the UN summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
• 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL , number 970 , page 55 : COVID seems to have increased traffic to such locations, as 'staycations' have become more popular. But for me, it's a flying visit . I am merely changing trains to continue along the coast to Hastings, aboard another Southern Class 377.

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Flying visit

Posted by Jonty Jones on April 28, 2007

For years I have tried to remember the name of a man that is exclaimed when you wish to describe a person who pays a flying visit. I think the original person was a country farmer in 18th Century England who would turn up to social functions and leave almost immediately, just turning up to pay his respects to the host.

Not much more information I can give, sorry.

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#1 – fly by

If you say that time is  flying by,  it means that it feels like the time is passing very quickly.

How can it be September already? This summer just  flew by!

We also have the expression time flies when you’re having fun  – meaning that time seems to pass quickly when you’re enjoying yourself.

#2 – on the fly

Doing something  on the fly  means without previous planning; you are doing it at the same time as your action is in progress.

Right before my presentation, I was informed that I only had 10 minutes to speak instead of 30 – so I had to shorten the presentation  on the fly.  (=shorten the presentation while giving it)

#3 – fly by the seat of your pants

If you are  flying by the seat of your pants,  it means that you are operating with luck and intuition (and without previous planning or preparation).

We don’t really have a marketing plan – we’ve just been  flying by the seat of our pants.

#4 – sparks fly

If  sparks fly  between two people, it means they are having an angry and intense argument.

Sparks fly every time she has to interact with her ex-husband.

#5 – fly in the face of

When a fact, idea, or statement challenges or goes against some established fact, we say it  flies in the face of  (the fact).

The scientist’s radical theories  fly in the face of  everything we know about physics.

#6 – fly into a rage / fly off the handle

Both of these idioms mean to get angry very quickly, to lose your temper.

He completely  flew off the handle  when I suggested that he was lying.

#7 – It’ll never fly

If you say that something  will never fly,  you are saying it will not succeed.

You can suggest a change to the company policy… but I’m warning you,  it’ll never fly.

#8 – When pigs fly! / Pigs might fly.

This idiom is a funny way to say you very much doubt that something will happen… you think it is almost impossible for it to happen.

“My favorite team is definitely gonna win the championship this year!” “Yeah… and pigs might fly! That team is the worst in the league.”

#9 – pass with flying colors

If you pass a test or evaluation, or complete a difficult task  with flying colors,  it means you passed it successfully and excellently.

Sarah passed her driver’s test  with flying colors  – the instructor said she was the best in the class.

#10 – fly-by-night

Describing a person or company as  fly-by-night  means they are unreliable and irresponsible, and their work is probably not of good quality.

I bought this watch from some  fly-by-night  shop, and it broke within three weeks.

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The definition of flying visit in the dictionary is a hurried or fleeting visit.

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Definition of flying adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• flying insects

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