LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT

Meaning of LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT in English

in a way that is very sneaky, in a stealthy manner

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

LIKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THIEF — furtard, furtor
English interlingue dictionary
THIEF — kawatan
English-Visayan vocabulary
THIEF — noun (plural thieves) Etymology: Middle English theef, from Old English thēof; akin to Old High German diob ~ Date: before …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NIGHT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Crystal Night Night of the Long Knives Walpurgis Night {{link=Gerard of the Night Scenes">Gerard …
Английский словарь Британика
NIGHT — I. ˈnīt, usu -īd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English night, niht, from Old English niht, næht, neaht; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIKE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THIEF — ˈthēf noun ( plural thieves -ēvz) Etymology: Middle English theef, from Old English thēof; akin to Old High German diob …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THIEF — /theef/ , n. , pl. thieves . a person who steals, esp. secretly or without open force; one guilty of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NIGHT — — nightless , adj. — nightlessly , adv. — nightlike , adj. /nuyt/ , n. 1. the period of darkness …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NIGHT — I. ˈnīt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English niht; akin to Old High German naht night, Latin noct-, nox, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THIEF — noun ( plural thieves ˈthēvz) Etymology: Middle English theef, from Old English thēof; akin to Old High German diob thief …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THIEF — noun a waster in the snuff of a candle. 2. thief ·noun one who steals; one who commits theft or …
Webster English vocab
NIGHT — noun darkness; obscurity; concealment. 2. night ·noun the period after the close of life; death. 3. night ·noun intellectual and …
Webster English vocab
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
THIEF — [thief] n, pl thieves [ME theef, fr. OE theof; akin to OHG diob thief] (bef. 12c): one that steals esp. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NIGHT — [night] n [ME, fr. OE niht; akin to OHG naht night, L noct-, nox, Gk nykt-, nyx] (bef. 12c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THIEF — thief BrE AmE θiːf ▷ thief's θiːfs ▷ thieves θiːvz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NIGHT — night BrE AmE naɪt ▷ nights naɪts ▶ ˈ night ˌ blindness, ˌ• ˈ•• BrE AmE ▶ ˈ night owl …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THIEF — / θiːf; NAmE / noun ( pl. thieves / θiːvz; NAmE /) a person who steals sth from another person …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NIGHT — / naɪt; NAmE / noun [ U , C ] 1. the time between one day and the next when …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THIEF — thief /θiːf/ BrE AmE noun ( plural thieves /θiːvz/) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: theof ] someone who …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NIGHT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NIGHT — n. 1 the period of darkness between one day and the next; the time from sunset to sunrise. 2 nightfall …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NIGHT — n. 1 the period of darkness between one day and the next; the time from sunset to sunrise. 2 nightfall …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NIGHT — n.1 the period of darkness between one day and the next; the time from sunset to sunrise. 2 nightfall (shall …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THIEF — ( thieves /θi:vz/ ) A thief is a person who steals something from another person. The thieves snatched the camera. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NIGHT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THIEF — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE petty ▪ Most burglaries are the work of petty thieves on the look our …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NIGHT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 4 nights/3 weeks etc in a row ▪ She’s been out four nights in a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THIEF — [noun] [C] [plural] thieves - a person who stealsShoplifters are thieves and will be prosecuted.A post office was broken into …
Cambridge English vocab
NIGHT — (DARK PERIOD) [noun] - the part of every 24 hour period when it is dark because there is very little …
Cambridge English vocab
NIGHT — n. Night of Broken Glass Crystal Night Night of the Long Knives Walpurgis Night Gerard of the Night Scenes
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
NIGHT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THIEF — You are a thief and a murderer, you have killed a baboon and stole his face; vulgar abuse.
Slang English vocab
THIEF — n. Function: noun one who steals FF1C; a thief took her money FF1E; Synonyms: filcher, larcener, larcenist, nimmer, pilferer, prig, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
NIGHT — n. fly by night night and day night spot
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THIEF — noun one who steals a thief took her money Synonyms: filcher, larcener, larcenist, nimmer, pilferer, prig, purloiner, stealer; compare robber …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
THIEF — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ would-be ▪ The alarm is usually sufficient to deter a would-be ~. ▪ common , petty ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NIGHT — noun 1 when it is dark and most people sleep ADJECTIVE ▪ last , tomorrow ▪ the next , the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NIGHT — • ↑ all day/night/summer etc long • ↑ all day/night/year/week • ↑ by day/by night • ↑ day and night/night …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
THIEF — n. 25B6; noun ROBBER, burglar, housebreaker, cat burglar, shoplifter, pickpocket, sneak thief, mugger; embezzler, swindler; criminal, villain; kleptomaniac; bandit, pirate, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THIEF — n. 1 robber, burglar, cat burglar, housebreaker, picklock, sneak-thief, safe-cracker, pilferer, shoplifter, purloiner; embezzler, peculator; pickpocket, cutpurse, purse-snatcher, mugger, highwayman, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
NIGHT — n. 1 (Stygian or Cimmerian) dark or darkness or blackness or gloom; night-time, shades of night, Formal tenebrosity or tenebrousness …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
NIGHT — noun 1 BAD : I don't like driving in the night. GOOD : I don't like driving at night. BAD …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LIKE — I verb 1 BAD : What he likes to know is how much it will cost. GOOD : What he …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
THIEF — I сущ. вор, похититель common, petty, sneak thief ≈ воришка Syn : bandit, brigand, burglar, gangster, pirate, robber, pilferer II …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NIGHT — 1. сущ. 1) ночь; вечер on the night of December first ≈ в ночь на первое декабря on that night …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn : similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный like sum like …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THIEF — thief.ogg θi:f n ( pl thieves) 1. вор the penitant impenitant thief - раскаявшийся неисправимый /закоренелый/ вор art thief - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NIGHT — night.ogg 1. naıt n 1. 1> ночь; время от наступления темноты до рассвета или от 6 часов вечера до 6 …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIKE — like.ogg _I 1. laık n 1> чьё-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again - такого …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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