FLY-BY-NIGHT

Meaning of FLY-BY-NIGHT in English

A fly-by-night businessman is someone who wants to make money very quickly, without caring about the quality or honesty of the service they offer. ( INFORMAL )

...fly-by-night operators who fail to complete jobs.

= cowboy

ADJ : ADJ n [ disapproval ]

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FLY-BY-NIGHT — I. noun Date: 1822 one that seeks to evade responsibilities and especially creditors by flight, one without established reputation or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLY-BY-NIGHT — I. ˈflībəˌnīt, usu -nīd.+V noun 1. : one given to being abroad at night 2. also fly-by-night·er |flībə|nīd.ə(r), -nītə- a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLY-BY-NIGHT — /fluy"buy nuyt'/ , adj. 1. not reliable or responsible, esp. in business; untrustworthy: a fly-by-night operation. 2. not lasting; brief; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLY BY NIGHT — v. escape under the cover of darkness
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FLY BY NIGHT — n. shady or untrustworthy business enterprise; person who escapes at night to avoid paying debts; transient
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FLY-BY-NIGHT — I. ˈflī-bī-ˌnīt noun Date: 1822 1. : one that seeks to evade responsibilities and especially creditors by flight 2. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLY-BY-NIGHT — Function: adjective Date: 1914 1 : given to making a quick profit usually by shady or irresponsible acts 2 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FLY-BY-NIGHT — Pronunciation: ' fl ī -b ī - ˌ n ī t Function: noun Date: 1822 1 : one that seeks …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FLY-BY-NIGHT — ■ adjective unreliable or untrustworthy, especially in business or financial matters.
Concise Oxford English vocab
FLY-BY-NIGHT — [fly-by-night] n (1822) 1: one that seeks to evade responsibilities and esp. creditors by flight 2: one without established reputation …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLY-BY-NIGHT — fly-by-night BrE AmE ˈflaɪ baɪ ˌnaɪt § -bɪ-, § -bə-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FLY-BY-NIGHT — adjective [ only before noun ] ( of a person or business ) dishonest and only interested in making money …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLY-BY-NIGHT — ˈfly-by-ˌnight BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] informal a fly-by-night company or businessman is one that you cannot trust because …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLY-BY-NIGHT — A ~ businessman is someone who wants to make money very quickly, without caring about the quality or honesty of …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FLY-BY-NIGHT — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He also insists that it won't be a fly-by-night operation, that his commitment to the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLY-BY-NIGHT — Synonyms and related words : brittle, capricious, changeable, corruptible, deciduous, dying, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, fickle, fleeting, flitting, flying, fragile, frail, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLY-BY-NIGHT — {n.}, {informal} 1. A company that sells many cheap things for a big profit and then disappears. * /A dependable …
Slang English vocab
FLY-BY-NIGHT — {adj.} Set up to make a lot of money in a hurry, then disappear so people can't find you to …
Slang English vocab
FLY-BY-NIGHT — You old fly-by-night; an ancient term of reproach to an old woman, signifying that she was a witch, and alluding …
Slang English vocab
FLY-BY-NIGHT — Function: adjective Synonyms: UNRELIABLE 1, dubious, questionable, trustless, undependable, unsure, untrustworthy, untrusty
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FLY-BY-NIGHT — adjective Synonyms: unreliable 1, dubious, questionable, trustless, undependable, unsure, untrustworthy, untrusty
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLY-BY-NIGHT — 25B6; adjective UNRELIABLE, undependable, untrustworthy, disreputable; DISHONEST, deceitful, dubious, unscrupulous; informal iffy, shady, shifty, slippery, crooked; Brit. informal dodgy, bent; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLY-BY-NIGHT
Dirty English-Russian vocab
FLY-BY-NIGHT — {n.}, {informal} 1. A company that sells many cheap things for a big profit and then disappears. * /A dependable …
Словарь английских идиом
FLY-BY-NIGHT — {adj.} Set up to make a lot of money in a hurry, then disappear so people can't find you to …
Словарь английских идиом
FLY-BY-NIGHT — bad, dishonest, not to be trusted He put his money in a fly-by-night company and lost it all.
English Idioms vocab
FLY-BY-NIGHT — bad, dishonest, not to be trusted He put his money in a fly-by-night company and lost it all.
English Idioms vocabulary
FLY-BY-NIGHT — fly-by-night 1 adj. Set up to make a lot of money in a hurry, then disappear so people can't find …
American Idioms English vocabulary
FLY-BY-NIGHT — прил. ненадежный, не заслуживающий доверия; безответственный Syn : irresponsible (разговорное) ночной гуляка беглый должник ненадежная личность (разговорное) ненадежный, особ. в …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLY-BY-NIGHT — 1. ʹflaıbaı͵naıt n разг. 1. ночной гуляка 2. 1> беглый должник 2> ненадёжная личность 2. ʹflaıbaı͵naıt a разг. 1. ненадёжный, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FLY-BY-NIGHT — прил.ненадежный, не заслуживающий доверия; безответственный Syn:irresponsible
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FLY BY NIGHT — (n) беглый должник; ненадежная личность
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
FLY BY NIGHT — (a) временный; ненадежный; непостоянный; ночной гуляка
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
FLY-BY-NIGHT — 1. [ʹflaıbaı͵naıt] n разг. 1. ночной гуляка 2. 1) беглый должник 2) ненадёжная личность 2. [ʹflaıbaı͵naıt] a разг. 1. ненадёжный, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FLY-BY-NIGHT — 1. ʹflaıbaı͵naıt n разг. 1. ночной гуляка 2. 1> беглый должник 2> ненадёжная личность 2. ʹflaıbaı͵naıt a разг. 1. ненадёжный, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FLY BY NIGHT — n. ненадежный, безответственный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FLY BY NIGHT — n. ненадежный, безответственный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FLY-BY-NIGHT — прил. ненадежный, не заслуживающий доверия; безответственный Syn: irresponsible
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FLY-BY-NIGHT — прил. ненадежный, не заслуживающий доверия; безответственный Syn: irresponsible
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FLY-BY-NIGHT — _a. ненадежный; безответственный
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FLY-BY-NIGHT — a. ненадежный; безответственный
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FLY-BY-NIGHT — _a. ненадёжный; безответственный
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
FLY-BY-NIGHT — adj infml He seems like such a fly-by-night character — Он мне кажется довольно ненадежным типом Don't do business with fly-by-night people …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
FLY-BY-NIGHT — adj infml He seems like such a fly-by-night character — Он мне кажется довольно ненадежным типом Don't do business with …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
FLY-BY-NIGHT — fly-by-night adj infml He seems like such a fly-by-night character Он мне кажется довольно ненадежным типом Don't do business with …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
FLY-BY-NIGHT — He seems like such a fly-by-night character — Он мне кажется довольно ненадежным типом Don't do business with fly-by-night people …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
FLY-BY-NIGHT — прил. ненадежный, не заслуживающий доверия; безответственный Syn : irresponsible (разговорное) ночной гуляка беглый должник ненадежная личность (разговорное) ненадежный, особ. в …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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
FLY — I In general, almost any small flying insect. In entomology, the term refers specifically to the approximately 85,000 species of …
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
FLY
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BY — I. |bī also especially bef cons bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English be, bī, preposition, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NIGHT — — nightless , adj. — nightlessly , adv. — nightlike , adj. /nuyt/ , n. 1. the period of darkness …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLY
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BY — by 1 /buy/ , prep., adv., adj., n., pl. byes . prep. 1. near to or next to: a home …
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
FLY — I. ˈflī verb ( flew ˈflü ; flown ˈflōn ; fly·ing ) Etymology: Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BY — I. ˈbī, before consonants also bə preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English, preposition, be, bī; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NIGHT — noun darkness; obscurity; concealment. 2. night ·noun the period after the close of life; death. 3. night ·noun intellectual and …
Webster English vocab
FLY
Webster English vocab
BY — (·pref.) against. 2. by ·adv aside; as, to lay by; to put by. 3. by (·pref.) on; along; in traversing. …
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
FLY — [fly] vb flew ; flown ; fly.ing [ME flien, fr. OE fleogan; akin to OHG fliogan to fly and prob. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NIGHT — night BrE AmE naɪt ▷ nights naɪts ▶ ˈ night ˌ blindness, ˌ• ˈ•• BrE AmE ▶ ˈ night owl …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary

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