flit from

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.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • flit from (something to something)
  • flit from (something) to (something)
  • uproot
  • uproot (someone or something) from (something or some place)
  • uproot from
  • dead wood
  • plant
  • plant (something) in (something else)
  • plant in
  • cut the deadwood out
References in classic literature
I flit from court to court at my own free will and pleasure, and am always welcome.
Tramp Abroad
can flit from emotion to And his protest is another tactic the claim by Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp that Diego Costa should have been sent off here on Tuesday for the stamp on Martin Skrtel which led to his three-game ban.
Golden silence for Mourinho
I should not be at all surprised if Big Sister hadn't always planned her early flit from the Big Brother house.
Joan Burnie: Germaine Greer
For some time now cyberbabble has pronounced the book obsolete: in the brave new world of hypertext students will no longer be prisoners of presequenced paragraphs and chapters, but will flit from idea to image to dataset to song as moved by the promptings of their own creative imaginations.
Who Built America? From the Centennial Celebration of 1876 to the Great War of 1914
In the canopy above, several types of honeycreepers, including a crimson Akepa and a green-and-yellow Akiapolaau, flit from flower to flower.
Birds of a feather: is this bird an impostor?
Written in a distinctly personal voice, the book covers a lot of territory very readably, even if Johnson does flit from topic to topic like a butterfly in a flower garden.
The New Rules of Engagement: Life-Work Balance and Employee Commitment
You're a social butterfly and happy to flit from one best friend to another.
MOSTLY As
GIANTS' roller-coaster season continues to flit from the ridiculous to the sublime after they produced a stunning second-half fightback to arrest their recent slump at rain-soaked Belle Vue.
Rugby Union: GIANTS GET A SECOND WIND