do a moonlight flit

To depart hastily at night, typically to avoid paying money that one owes. I can't afford the rent this month, so we need to do a moonlight flit!

do a moonlight flit

make a hurried, usually nocturnal, removal or change of abode, especially in order to avoid paying your rent. informal

Make a moonlight flitting is recorded from the early 19th century and appears to have originated in northern England or Scotland. The expression is now often shortened to do a moonlight .

do a moonlight ˈflit

(British English, informal) leave the place where you have been living in quickly and secretly, usually to avoid paying your debts, rent, etc: When I called to get the money she owed me, I found she’d done a moonlight flit.

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释义	do a moonlight flit do a moonlight flit To depart hastily at night, typically to avoid paying money that one owes. I can't afford the rent this month, so we need to do a moonlight flit! See also: flit, moonlight Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. do a moonlight flit make a hurried, usually nocturnal, removal or change of abode, especially in order to avoid paying your rent. informal Make a moonlight flitting is recorded from the early 19th century and appears to have originated in northern England or Scotland. The expression is now often shortened to do a moonlight . See also: flit, moonlight Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary do a moonlight ˈflit (British English, informal) leave the place where you have been living in quickly and secretly, usually to avoid paying your debts, rent, etc: When I called to get the money she owed me, I found she’d done a moonlight flit. See also: flit, moonlight Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: flit skip out of skip off light out for (some place) lights out light out shoot through like a Bondi tram fly off bat out batted out References in periodicals archive Or maybe you're expected to do a moonlight flit. Choices. stars But as she pulls up in her flash new sports car on Friday and offers him the chance to do a moonlight flit with her, will Dennis be Thelma to Glo's Louise? Doing a moonlight flit; We love SOAPS Some people may have been tempted to do a moonlight flit, and it remains to be seen what Sarah will find on this return visit. HELP! MY HOUSE IS FALLING DOWN Channel 4, Thursday, 8pm The couple, whose sizzling affair has hooked 20 million viewers, will do a moonlight flit without telling a soul. SIZZLING CINDY TO QUIT EASTENDERS
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