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

flit about

To move in a quick, deft manner. The kids are outside, trying to catch the lightning bugs that are flitting about. I think Anita is flitting about the office, straightening up. Good luck finding her.

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flit from (something to something)

To move quickly from thing to thing. I'm sorry, I have to go inside—there are just too many bees flitting from plant to plant out here! You wouldn't make so many mistakes if you stopped flitting from job to job and really focused on what you were doing.

See also: flit

flit from (something) to (something)

See also: flit

flit from person to person

To move quickly from one person to another. That guy's a politician, so he's just spent the whole night flitting from person to person, naturally.

moonlight flit

A hasty nighttime departure, typically done to avoid paying money that one owes. Primarily heard in UK. I can't afford the rent this month, so we need to make a moonlight flit!

See also: flit, moonlight

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

flit about

to move about quickly; to dart about. A large number of hummingbirds were flitting about. Butterflies and moths flitted about among the trees and flowers.

See also: flit

flit from person to person

Fig. to move quickly from person to person or thing to thing. (See also flit from something to something else.) Tom flitted quickly from person to person, handing out snacks and beverages. The singer flitted from table to table, working the crowd for tips.

flit from (something to something else)

1. Lit. [for an insect] to fly quickly from one thing to another. The butterfly flitted from flower to flower.

2. Fig. [for someone] to go quickly from task to task, spending little time on each one. The housekeeper only flits from room to room without ever getting anything completely clean.

See also: flit

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

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:

do a moonlight 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

Images by poet Simon Armitage from Flit, his book of poetry inspired by the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Poet Simon lets imagination run wild

To achieve this, a QBLESS router must perform two tasks: ranking flits to select an appropriate flit candidate (flit-ranking) and prioritizing available output ports to select an appropriate one (port-prioritizing).

Ephedrine QoS: an antidote to slow, congested, bufferless NoCs

The SA also contains a number of two-stage arbitrations to select flits for transmission.

Design of smart power-saving architecture for network on chip

The M- Flit Series are made up of plastic ABS and aluminum, measures 270 x 202 x 28 (S1), 340x 260 x 35 (M1), 410x 330 x 50 (L1), 330x 270x45 (Z1), light weighted and portable designed from

GlacialTech launches New, Elegant M- Flit Series Laptop Cooling Pad Offers Best Cooling Performance

The main disadvantage of wormhole switching comes from the fact that only the header flit has the routing information.

Wormhole Routing Techniques for Directly Connected Multicomputer Systems

So in August 1965, on the eve of my first package holiday to Spain, I found an ancient Flit insect gun lying in the case.

Days before we would Flit overseas

She admitted: "I remember thinking, 'I wish I was with you.'" Welder Peter, nicknamed Flit, had a second job delivering catalogues and Ebony would often ride with him.

MARRIED COUPLE WITH A 32-YEAR DIFFERENCE IN AGES... He says: I fell in love with her when she was 16. But didn't want to be seen as a pervert; She says: I first saw him bending over a car bonnet and thought 'what a nice bum'...age wasn't an issue; EXCLUSIVE

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS COW EDAM F L AB HOEMACE LONE UZI INCAAUNT BERET ENDS ASKS AHEAD EBBSASTI UFO GRATIN ASTRAL GEL PECK YORE SEEPS HECK ROSE RESTS BALI ARGOTOO IBIS GRIN ARM DUNE SYNE BEE WEE THINKER Across: 1 Tank, 4 Irons, 7 Fever, 8 Manse, 9 Knell, 10 Revelation, 14 Taiwan, 16 Sector, 17 Penetrated, 22 Grand, 23 Snare, 25 Eerie, 26 Eland, 27 Flit.

PS500 Xword

As a gay man living in Texas, I can't help wondering one thing: Will the straight community accept this gene finding flit works out?

On the scent

Of course, not everybody is dismayed: Infection-carrying mosquitoes no doubt are flit and happy.

Bug-loving bureaucrats

This fascination remains, and now there are hoards of professional and amateur lepidopterists who track some 18,000 species of butterflies that flit around the planet.

An Obsession with Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair with a Singular Insect

You can flit around picking on anybody you fancy whether they're married or living together and not care a fig.

YOUR SAY: Reader's letter

Migratory songbirds flit through canopy trees, their calls disturbed only by the distant and distinctly incongruous whine from a motorcycle track on the mainland.

Flora, Fauna and the Blue Sea

Alessandro Tiburzi, wearing the same green tights and mad shock of fake red hair (prefiguring The Riddler from Batman), was sincere, but did not prance and flit with Di Cosmo's convincing lightheartedness.

NIJINSKY'S GHOST FLOATS THROUGH ROME

词组	flit
释义	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 flit about To move in a quick, deft manner. The kids are outside, trying to catch the lightning bugs that are flitting about. I think Anita is flitting about the office, straightening up. Good luck finding her. See also: flit flit from (something to something) To move quickly from thing to thing. I'm sorry, I have to go inside—there are just too many bees flitting from plant to plant out here! You wouldn't make so many mistakes if you stopped flitting from job to job and really focused on what you were doing. See also: flit flit from (something) to (something) To move quickly from thing to thing. I'm sorry, I have to go inside—there are just too many bees flitting from plant to plant out here! You wouldn't make so many mistakes if you stopped flitting from job to job and really focused on what you were doing. See also: flit flit from person to person To move quickly from one person to another. That guy's a politician, so he's just spent the whole night flitting from person to person, naturally. See also: flit, person moonlight flit A hasty nighttime departure, typically done to avoid paying money that one owes. Primarily heard in UK. I can't afford the rent this month, so we need to make a moonlight flit! See also: flit, moonlight Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. flit about to move about quickly; to dart about. A large number of hummingbirds were flitting about. Butterflies and moths flitted about among the trees and flowers. See also: flit flit from person to person Fig. to move quickly from person to person or thing to thing. (See also flit from something to something else.) Tom flitted quickly from person to person, handing out snacks and beverages. The singer flitted from table to table, working the crowd for tips. See also: flit, person flit from (something to something else) 1. Lit. [for an insect] to fly quickly from one thing to another. The butterfly flitted from flower to flower. 2. Fig. [for someone] to go quickly from task to task, spending little time on each one. The housekeeper only flits from room to room without ever getting anything completely clean. See also: flit McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. 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: do a moonlight 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 Images by poet Simon Armitage from Flit, his book of poetry inspired by the Yorkshire Sculpture Park Poet Simon lets imagination run wild To achieve this, a QBLESS router must perform two tasks: ranking flits to select an appropriate flit candidate (flit-ranking) and prioritizing available output ports to select an appropriate one (port-prioritizing). Ephedrine QoS: an antidote to slow, congested, bufferless NoCs The SA also contains a number of two-stage arbitrations to select flits for transmission. Design of smart power-saving architecture for network on chip The M- Flit Series are made up of plastic ABS and aluminum, measures 270 x 202 x 28 (S1), 340x 260 x 35 (M1), 410x 330 x 50 (L1), 330x 270x45 (Z1), light weighted and portable designed from GlacialTech launches New, Elegant M- Flit Series Laptop Cooling Pad Offers Best Cooling Performance The main disadvantage of wormhole switching comes from the fact that only the header flit has the routing information. Wormhole Routing Techniques for Directly Connected Multicomputer Systems So in August 1965, on the eve of my first package holiday to Spain, I found an ancient Flit insect gun lying in the case. Days before we would Flit overseas She admitted: "I remember thinking, 'I wish I was with you.'" Welder Peter, nicknamed Flit, had a second job delivering catalogues and Ebony would often ride with him. MARRIED COUPLE WITH A 32-YEAR DIFFERENCE IN AGES... He says: I fell in love with her when she was 16. But didn't want to be seen as a pervert; She says: I first saw him bending over a car bonnet and thought 'what a nice bum'...age wasn't an issue; EXCLUSIVE YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS COW EDAM F L AB HOEMACE LONE UZI INCAAUNT BERET ENDS ASKS AHEAD EBBSASTI UFO GRATIN ASTRAL GEL PECK YORE SEEPS HECK ROSE RESTS BALI ARGOTOO IBIS GRIN ARM DUNE SYNE BEE WEE THINKER Across: 1 Tank, 4 Irons, 7 Fever, 8 Manse, 9 Knell, 10 Revelation, 14 Taiwan, 16 Sector, 17 Penetrated, 22 Grand, 23 Snare, 25 Eerie, 26 Eland, 27 Flit. PS500 Xword As a gay man living in Texas, I can't help wondering one thing: Will the straight community accept this gene finding flit works out? On the scent Of course, not everybody is dismayed: Infection-carrying mosquitoes no doubt are flit and happy. Bug-loving bureaucrats This fascination remains, and now there are hoards of professional and amateur lepidopterists who track some 18,000 species of butterflies that flit around the planet. An Obsession with Butterflies: Our Long Love Affair with a Singular Insect You can flit around picking on anybody you fancy whether they're married or living together and not care a fig. YOUR SAY: Reader's letter Migratory songbirds flit through canopy trees, their calls disturbed only by the distant and distinctly incongruous whine from a motorcycle track on the mainland. Flora, Fauna and the Blue Sea Alessandro Tiburzi, wearing the same green tights and mad shock of fake red hair (prefiguring The Riddler from Batman), was sincere, but did not prance and flit with Di Cosmo's convincing lightheartedness. NIJINSKY'S GHOST FLOATS THROUGH ROME
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