fly a/your kite

fly a kite

1. To suggest something in order to gauge interest in it or others' perception of it. When everyone objected to my idea, I reassured them that I was just flying a kite and had not made any sort of decision on the matter.

2. To ponder a potential reason or explanation for something. Oh, you're just flying a kite—you don't really know why Emily didn't come to the party.

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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fly a kite

try something out to test opinion. informal

A historical sense of this phrase was ‘raise money by an accommodation bill’, meaning to raise money on credit, and this sense of testing public opinion of your creditworthiness gave rise to the current figurative sense. The US phrase go fly a kite! means ‘go away!’.

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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

fly a ˈkite

(British English, informal) release a bit of information, etc. in order to test public reaction to something that you plan to do at a later date: Let’s fly a kite. Tell the papers that the government is thinking of raising the school leaving age to 18, and we’ll see what the reaction is.

A kite is a kind of toy that you fly in the air at the end of one or more long strings. It will tell you which way the wind is blowing.

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(go) fly a/your ˈkite

(American English, informal) used to tell somebody to go away and stop annoying you or interfering

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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

flown
fly a kite
be flying a kite
float an idea
bounce an idea off (of) (one)
bounce an idea off someone
flagpole
run (something) up the flagpole
run something up the flagpole
run up the flagpole

词组	fly a/your kite
释义	fly a/your kite fly a kite 1. To suggest something in order to gauge interest in it or others' perception of it. When everyone objected to my idea, I reassured them that I was just flying a kite and had not made any sort of decision on the matter. 2. To ponder a potential reason or explanation for something. Oh, you're just flying a kite—you don't really know why Emily didn't come to the party. See also: fly, kite Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. fly a kite try something out to test opinion. informal A historical sense of this phrase was ‘raise money by an accommodation bill’, meaning to raise money on credit, and this sense of testing public opinion of your creditworthiness gave rise to the current figurative sense. The US phrase go fly a kite! means ‘go away!’. See also: fly, kite Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary fly a ˈkite (British English, informal) release a bit of information, etc. in order to test public reaction to something that you plan to do at a later date: Let’s fly a kite. Tell the papers that the government is thinking of raising the school leaving age to 18, and we’ll see what the reaction is. A kite is a kind of toy that you fly in the air at the end of one or more long strings. It will tell you which way the wind is blowing. See also: fly, kite (go) fly a/your ˈkite (American English, informal) used to tell somebody to go away and stop annoying you or interfering See also: fly, kite Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: flown fly a kite be flying a kite float an idea bounce an idea off (of) (one) bounce an idea off someone flagpole run (something) up the flagpole run something up the flagpole run up the flagpole
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