kite

(as) high as a kite

1. Literally, very high in terms of height or distance. The balloon flew as high as a kite when the little girl let it go.

2. slang Very intoxicated with drugs or alcohol. Do you remember last night at all? You were as high as a kite!

3. Very happy. I was as high as a kite when I found out that I'd gotten an A on my hardest exam.

See also: high, kite

be as high as a kite

1. slang To be very intoxicated with drugs or alcohol. Do you remember last night at all? You were as high as a kite!

2. To be very happy. I was as high as a kite when I found out that I'd gotten an A on my hardest exam.

See also: high, kite

be flying a kite

To be suggesting something in order to gauge interest in 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.

be higher than a kite

1. To be very intoxicated by alcohol or (especially) drugs. I tried tutoring him in math, but he was always higher than a kite when I came by.

2. To be elated or euphorically happy. I was higher than a kite when I found out I got into Stanford.

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

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

go fly a kite

To go away and leave one alone because what is being done or said is very irritating. Often used as an imperative. A: "The experiment might work better if you actually knew what you were supposed to be mixing together." B: "You know what, Jenny? Why don't you go fly a kite?"

higher than a kite

1. Very intoxicated by alcohol or (especially) drugs. I tried tutoring him in math, but he was always higher than a kite when I came by.

2. Elated; euphorically happy. I was higher than a kite when I found out I got into my first choice school.

higher than Gilderoy's kite

Extremely high; so high that it can hardly be seen. "Gilderoy" was the nickname of notorious 17th-century highwayman Patrick MacGregor, who was hanged at a time when the height of the gallows corresponded to the severity of a criminal's misdeeds. Thus, MacGregor was hanged higher than his accomplices—like a kite in the sky. Why did you put the dishes on a shelf higher than Gilderoy's kite? You know I can't reach anything up there! A: "Can you see the plane?" B: "It's higher than Gilderoy's kite! All I see is a tiny speck!"

kite

1. noun, slang A message, note, or letter passed secretly or illegally to, from, or between prisoners. The prison guard confessed to passing a kite to one of the inmates instructing him to murder a prisoner who had given evidence against the criminal organization. The mass riot was apparently orchestrated by a series of kites that were distributed throughout the prison.

2. noun, slang A check issued without sufficient funds in the account used to honor it, especially when done purposely as a form of fraud. A group of fraudsters has recently been using kites to bilk small businesses out of tens of thousands of dollars.

3. verb, slang To issue such a check. The CEO was caught kiting checks to keep his business afloat.

4. verb, slang In video games, especially multiplayer online battle arenas, to keep an enemy within range of one's auto-attacks while continuing to maneuver around them. You're our ADC, so we'll need you to kite the other team's tank as much as possible to distract him away from the rest of our team.

kite flying

1. The practice of telling or suggesting an idea or plan to people in order to gauge their reaction to it. I can always tell when my boss is kite flying, because she suddenly starts mentioning vague details about projects we've never heard of.

2. The practice of drawing checks on an overdrawn account and lodging them into another account in order to create a false credit balance. Primarily heard in UK. He had been using kite flying to keep his business financially afloat for nearly a year before being caught by banking authorities.

kiting

1. informal The practice of fraudulently issuing a check without having sufficient funds to honor it. The bank has issued a warning to small business owners in the area about a sharp increase in the incidence of kiting.

2. slang In video games, especially multiplayer online battle arenas, to keep an enemy within range of one's auto-attacks while continuing to maneuver around them. If you want to play as an ADC at a competitive level, then you need to become proficient at kiting as soon as possible, or you're going to get steamrolled by the other team's tanks.

Go chase yourself!

and Go climb a tree!; Go fly a kite!; Go jump in the lake!

Inf. Go away and stop bothering me! Bob: Get out of here. Bill! You're driving mecrazy! Go chase yourself'. Bill: What did I do to you? Bob: You're just in the way. Bill: Dad, can I have ten bucks? Father: Go climb a tree! Fred: Stop pestering me, John. Go jump in the lake! John: What did I do? Bob: Well, Bill, don't you owe me some money? Bill: Go fly a kite!

*high as a kite

and *high as the sky

1. Lit. very high. (*Also: as ~.) The tree grew as high as a kite. Our pet bird got outside and flew up high as the sky.

2. Fig. drunk or drugged. (*Also: as ~.) Bill drank beer until he got as high as a kite. The thieves were high as the sky on drugs.

See also: high, kite

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

go fly a kite

Also, go chase yourself or climb a tree or jump in the lake or sit on a tack or soak your head . Go away and stop bothering me, as in Quit it, go fly a kite, or Go jump in the lake. All of these somewhat impolite colloquial imperatives date from the first half of the 1900s and use go as described under go and.

high as a kite

Intoxicated, as by alcohol, as in After three beers she's high as a kite. The adjective high has been used in the sense of "drunk" since the early 1600s; the addition of kite dates from the early 1900s. The phrase is now used of disorientation due to any drug.

See also: high, kite

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

high as a kite

INFORMAL

If someone is as high as a kite, they feel very excited, or they are strongly affected by alcohol or drugs. When I finally finished the course I felt as high as a kite. I felt so strange on the steroid injections. I was as high as a kite some of the time.

See also: high, kite

be flying a kite

mainly BRITISH

If someone is flying a kite, they are suggesting ideas or possibilities in order to see how people react to them before making a decision about them. The committee has paid a good deal of attention to what might be politically possible. It is consciously flying a kite. The idea came from a senator, but it seems likely that he was flying a kite for the secretary of state. Note: You can also talk about kite-flying. Bracken says he does not want to start kite-flying for his candidacy.

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

high as a kite

intoxicated with drugs or alcohol. informal

This expression is a play on high meaning ‘lofty’ and its informal sense ‘intoxicated’.

See also: high, 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

(as) high as a ˈkite

(informal) in an excited state, especially because of drugs, alcohol, etc: He was as high as a kite when they came to arrest him.

See also: high, kite

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

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

Go chase yourself!

and Go chase your tail! and Go climb a tree! and Go fly a kite! and Go fry an egg! and Go jump in the lake! and Go soak your head! and Go soak yourself!

exclam. Beat it!; Go away! Oh, go chase yourself! Go soak your head! You’re a pain in the neck.

Go fly a kite!

verb

See Go chase yourself!

kite

1. n. a drug user who is always high. (Drugs.) The guy’s a kite. He won’t make any sense no matter what you ask him.

2. tv. to write worthless checks; to raise the amount on a check. (see also fly kites.) Chuck made a fortune kiting checks.

3. n. a worthless check. (Underworld.) He finally wrote one kite too many, and they nabbed him.

kited

mod. alcohol intoxicated. (From high as a kite.) Britney was too kited to see her hand in front of her.

go climb a tree/fly a kite

Go away and stop annoying me. There are many other versions of these colloquial imperatives, from go chase yourself, dating from about 1900, to go jump in the lake, sit on a tack, or soak your head, also of twentieth-century provenance. All could be classed as clichés. See also go to the devil.

go fly a kite

Get lost! Kite flying is an activity that is done far less now than in previous centuries. Accordingly, “go fly a kite!” is heard far less than “get lost!” “take a hike!” and “get your ass out of here!” (or something stronger).

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释义	kite (as) high as a kite 1. Literally, very high in terms of height or distance. The balloon flew as high as a kite when the little girl let it go. 2. slang Very intoxicated with drugs or alcohol. Do you remember last night at all? You were as high as a kite! 3. Very happy. I was as high as a kite when I found out that I'd gotten an A on my hardest exam. See also: high, kite be as high as a kite 1. slang To be very intoxicated with drugs or alcohol. Do you remember last night at all? You were as high as a kite! 2. To be very happy. I was as high as a kite when I found out that I'd gotten an A on my hardest exam. See also: high, kite be flying a kite To be suggesting something in order to gauge interest in 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. See also: flying, kite be higher than a kite 1. To be very intoxicated by alcohol or (especially) drugs. I tried tutoring him in math, but he was always higher than a kite when I came by. 2. To be elated or euphorically happy. I was higher than a kite when I found out I got into Stanford. See also: higher, 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 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 go fly a kite To go away and leave one alone because what is being done or said is very irritating. Often used as an imperative. A: "The experiment might work better if you actually knew what you were supposed to be mixing together." B: "You know what, Jenny? Why don't you go fly a kite?" See also: fly, go, kite higher than a kite 1. Very intoxicated by alcohol or (especially) drugs. I tried tutoring him in math, but he was always higher than a kite when I came by. 2. Elated; euphorically happy. I was higher than a kite when I found out I got into my first choice school. See also: higher, kite higher than Gilderoy's kite Extremely high; so high that it can hardly be seen. "Gilderoy" was the nickname of notorious 17th-century highwayman Patrick MacGregor, who was hanged at a time when the height of the gallows corresponded to the severity of a criminal's misdeeds. Thus, MacGregor was hanged higher than his accomplices—like a kite in the sky. Why did you put the dishes on a shelf higher than Gilderoy's kite? You know I can't reach anything up there! A: "Can you see the plane?" B: "It's higher than Gilderoy's kite! All I see is a tiny speck!" See also: higher, kite kite 1. noun, slang A message, note, or letter passed secretly or illegally to, from, or between prisoners. The prison guard confessed to passing a kite to one of the inmates instructing him to murder a prisoner who had given evidence against the criminal organization. The mass riot was apparently orchestrated by a series of kites that were distributed throughout the prison. 2. noun, slang A check issued without sufficient funds in the account used to honor it, especially when done purposely as a form of fraud. A group of fraudsters has recently been using kites to bilk small businesses out of tens of thousands of dollars. 3. verb, slang To issue such a check. The CEO was caught kiting checks to keep his business afloat. 4. verb, slang In video games, especially multiplayer online battle arenas, to keep an enemy within range of one's auto-attacks while continuing to maneuver around them. You're our ADC, so we'll need you to kite the other team's tank as much as possible to distract him away from the rest of our team. kite flying 1. The practice of telling or suggesting an idea or plan to people in order to gauge their reaction to it. I can always tell when my boss is kite flying, because she suddenly starts mentioning vague details about projects we've never heard of. 2. The practice of drawing checks on an overdrawn account and lodging them into another account in order to create a false credit balance. Primarily heard in UK. He had been using kite flying to keep his business financially afloat for nearly a year before being caught by banking authorities. See also: flying, kite kiting 1. informal The practice of fraudulently issuing a check without having sufficient funds to honor it. The bank has issued a warning to small business owners in the area about a sharp increase in the incidence of kiting. 2. slang In video games, especially multiplayer online battle arenas, to keep an enemy within range of one's auto-attacks while continuing to maneuver around them. If you want to play as an ADC at a competitive level, then you need to become proficient at kiting as soon as possible, or you're going to get steamrolled by the other team's tanks. See also: kite Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Go chase yourself! and Go climb a tree!; Go fly a kite!; Go jump in the lake! Inf. Go away and stop bothering me! Bob: Get out of here. Bill! You're driving mecrazy! Go chase yourself'. Bill: What did I do to you? Bob: You're just in the way. Bill: Dad, can I have ten bucks? Father: Go climb a tree! Fred: Stop pestering me, John. Go jump in the lake! John: What did I do? Bob: Well, Bill, don't you owe me some money? Bill: Go fly a kite! See also: chase, go high as a kite and high as the sky 1. Lit. very high. (Also: as ~.) The tree grew as high as a kite. Our pet bird got outside and flew up high as the sky. 2. Fig.* drunk or drugged. (Also: as ~.) Bill drank beer until he got as high as a kite. The thieves were high as the sky on drugs. See also: high, kite McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. go fly a kite Also, go chase yourself or climb a tree or jump in the lake or sit on a tack or soak your head* . Go away and stop bothering me, as in Quit it, go fly a kite, or Go jump in the lake. All of these somewhat impolite colloquial imperatives date from the first half of the 1900s and use go as described under go and. See also: fly, go, kite high as a kite Intoxicated, as by alcohol, as in After three beers she's high as a kite. The adjective high has been used in the sense of "drunk" since the early 1600s; the addition of kite dates from the early 1900s. The phrase is now used of disorientation due to any drug. See also: high, kite The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. high as a kite INFORMAL If someone is as high as a kite, they feel very excited, or they are strongly affected by alcohol or drugs. When I finally finished the course I felt as high as a kite. I felt so strange on the steroid injections. I was as high as a kite some of the time. See also: high, kite be flying a kite mainly BRITISH If someone is flying a kite, they are suggesting ideas or possibilities in order to see how people react to them before making a decision about them. The committee has paid a good deal of attention to what might be politically possible. It is consciously flying a kite. The idea came from a senator, but it seems likely that he was flying a kite for the secretary of state. Note: You can also talk about kite-flying. Bracken says he does not want to start kite-flying for his candidacy. See also: flying, kite Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. 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 high as a kite intoxicated with drugs or alcohol. informal This expression is a play on high meaning ‘lofty’ and its informal sense ‘intoxicated’. See also: high, 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 (as) high as a ˈkite (informal) in an excited state, especially because of drugs, alcohol, etc: He was as high as a kite when they came to arrest him. See also: high, kite Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary 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 Go chase yourself! and Go chase your tail! and Go climb a tree! and Go fly a kite! and Go fry an egg! and Go jump in the lake! and Go soak your head! and Go soak yourself! exclam. Beat it!; Go away! Oh, go chase yourself! Go soak your head! You’re a pain in the neck. See also: chase, go Go fly a kite! verb See Go chase yourself! See also: fly, go kite 1. n. a drug user who is always high. (Drugs.) The guy’s a kite. He won’t make any sense no matter what you ask him. 2. tv. to write worthless checks; to raise the amount on a check. (see also fly kites.) Chuck made a fortune kiting checks. 3. n. a worthless check. (Underworld.) He finally wrote one kite too many, and they nabbed him. kited mod. alcohol intoxicated. (From high as a kite.) Britney was too kited to see her hand in front of her. See also: kite McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions go climb a tree/fly a kite Go away and stop annoying me. There are many other versions of these colloquial imperatives, from go chase yourself, dating from about 1900, to go jump in the lake, sit on a tack, or soak your head, also of twentieth-century provenance. All could be classed as clichés. See also go to the devil. See also: climb, fly, go, kite, tree The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer go fly a kite Get lost! Kite flying is an activity that is done far less now than in previous centuries. Accordingly, “go fly a kite!” is heard far less than “get lost!” “take a hike!” and “get your ass out of here!” (or something stronger). See also: fly, go, kite Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: high as a kite (as) high as a kite (as) high as the sky be as high as a kite in high gear set (one's) sights high set your sights high/low the heat is on ride high riding high References in periodicals archive The Burkhardts created a large, rectangular kite for the competition. Go fly a kite! 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