fly kites

fly kites

To write a check that exceeds the amount currently in its bank account and then depositing the check at a second bank, so that one can use funds from the second bank—at least until one gets caught. A: "Is it true that Drew got busted for writing bad checks?" B: "Oh yeah, he was flying kites all over town."
See also: fly, kite
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fly kites

tv. to distribute or pass bad checks. (see also kite.) Marty was picked up for flying kites in three different cities.
See also: fly, kite
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • stop payment
  • bank
  • bank account
  • honor (someone's) check
  • honor check
  • on deposit
  • bank up
  • bounced check
  • cold check
  • hot check
References in classic literature
Luckily, the Law of the Jungle had taught him to keep his temper, for in the jungle life and food depend on keeping your temper; but when they made fun of him because he would not play games or fly kites, or because he mispronounced some word, only the knowledge that it was unsportsmanlike to kill little naked cubs kept him from picking them up and breaking them in two.
Jungle Book
Independence Day is a day when traditionally people fly kites.
Delhi: Motorcylist dies after throat slit by kite 'manjha'
Khan added that police have received information in Ramazan that people fly kites along the Ravi River after Fajr prayers.
Drones take to the sky to nab kite flyers
All the festivity has gone with its colors when some kite flyers used chemical mixed sharp strings that were responsible for slit throats of people including bikers and others used copper wires to fly kites that ultimately resulted not only in slit throats but electrocution of the flyers.
On arrival of spring basant festivity badly missed by culture loving people
Since morning, youngsters in different sectors remained on rooftops to fly kites. Whenever police mobiles reached to stop the activity, the youngsters disappeared and restarted the activity soon afterward.
Three kite sellers arrested in capital
'One day,' he'd told her, 'I'll have time to fly kites on the terrace!'
Go fly a kite..!
Fly kites for a cause with Schaumburg Park District.
Take life breezy at Flying 4 Kids: Kite Fly and Family Picnic
TWO children, aged just three and four, died after their throats were cut by glasscoated string used to fly kites in India.
Horror as 2 children killed by razor-sharp kite strings
The deaths occurred in New Delhi on Monday, which was India's Independence Day, when many people fly kites to celebrate.
Three die as kite string slits throats; WORLD BULLETINS
The 'Let's Fly Kites' event was organised by the Future Youth Society's Smile Initiative, in collaboration with Gulf Finance House.
Charity flying high..
Meanwhile, the kite-flying celebrations have drawn warnings from power utility Tata Power, which held awareness campaigns in the city asking people not to fly kites in the vicinity of Extra High Voltage (EHV) lines.
Children to learn about clean solar cookers on festival day
Approximately 500 lung cancer supporters came out to share the day's festive mood and fly kites, which resulted in almost $60,000 raised for innovative lung cancer research.
For the eighth consecutive year, Coopers Beach in Southampton was filled with color, laughter and hope as supporters, survivors, and Long Island residents came together for Uniting Against Lung Cancer's annual "Kites for a Cure[R]" on Saturday, May 24
for India," Khan said as the two got together to fly kites during Uttarayan.
' MODI IS A GOOD MAN'
They make and fly kites despite hardships in their lives.
Flying Paper is about Gaza youths' dreams: Sawhney