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flying adjective 1 experiencing the euphoric or mind-altering effects of a drug. A shortened form of 'flying high' or 'flying in the clouds' US, 1942. 2 making great progress, doing exceedingly well IRELAND, 1992. 3 in poker, full, as in a full house US, 1967
idiomflying► get/be off to a flying startbe flying blindused in order to say that you are trying to do something without enough information, so that you often have to guess how to do it right:Often we're flying blind, because we don't have any really reliable data on which to base our unemployment figures.Farmers now receive advice from government ecologists, but while they were flying blind they made some interesting discoveries of their own.
See:- a flying start
- a flying visit
- be flying a kite
- be flying blind
- be flying high
- come through (something) with flying colors
- fly a kite
- fly across (something)
- fly apart
- fly around
- fly away
- fly beneath (the/someone's) radar
- fly blind
- fly by
- fly by the seat of (one's) pants
- fly from (someone or something)
- fly high
- fly in
- fly in the face of
- fly in the teeth of
- fly into (someone or something)
- fly into a rage
- fly into a temper
- fly into the face of danger
- fly kites
- fly light
- fly off
- fly off at a tangent
- fly off the handle
- fly out
- fly out of (some place)
- fly over (someone or something)
- fly the coop
- fly the flag
- fly the nest
- fly to (someone or something)
- fly under (the/someone's) radar
- fly up to (some place)
- flying blind
- flying colors, come off with
- Flying Dutchman
- flying fish
- flying high
- flying start
- flying visit
- get off the ground
- get off to a flying start
- go flying
- keep the flag flying
- keep the stork flying
- kite flying
- off to a flying start
- pass (something) with flying colors
- pass (something) with flying colours
- send (one) flying
- send (something) flying
- send flying
- send someone flying
- straighten up and fly right
- the feathers fly
- the fur flies
- with flying colors
- with flying colors, pass with
- with flying colours
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