like a thief in the night
like a thief in the night
In a swift and secretive, stealthy, or surreptitious manner. The cancer spread through my lungs and into my bones like a thief in the night, giving me no chance of beating it.
See also: like, night, thief
thief in the night
A person or thing that moves in a swift and secretive, stealthy, or surreptitious manner. The cancer spread through my lungs and into my bones like a thief in the night, giving me no chance of beating it.
See also: night, thief
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
like a ˌthief in the ˈnight
secretly or unexpectedly: In the end I left like a thief in the night, without telling anybody or saying goodbye.See also: like, night, thief
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- thief in the night
- smuggle (someone or something) into (some place)
- smuggle (someone or something) through (something or some place)
- smuggle through
- skip out with
- skip out with (someone or something)
- smuggle (someone or something) out (of some place)
- smuggle across
- smuggle
- smuggle (someone or something) across