English Dictionary

fly-by-night

名詞

限定用法 頻度副詞 軽蔑的 慣用表現

A creature which flies at night; a nocturnal flier or traveler. / (often attributive) One who departs or flees at night in order to avoid creditors, law enforcement etc.

日本語の意味

夜間に飛行する生物；夜行性の飛行生物や旅行者 / 債権者や法執行機関を避けるために夜に逃亡する人（しばしば形容詞的に用いられる）

At dusk, a solitary fly-by-night skimmed the pond, hunting for insects.

夕暮れ時、孤独な夜に飛ぶ生き物が池の上を滑空して昆虫を狩っていた。

意味（1）

A creature which flies at night; a nocturnal flier or traveler.

意味（2）

(often attributive) One who departs or flees at night in order to avoid creditors, law enforcement etc.

Do not give your credit card number to that fly-by-night operation.

意味（3）

(idiomatic, derogatory) A person or business that appears and/or disappears rapidly, appearing untrustworthy, or giving an impression of transience.

The automobile industry rose almost overnight. Orders poured into the offices of companies already organized; new companies were formed by dozens, capitalized at millions of dollars. Fly-by-night concerns sprang up like mushrooms, flooded the country with stock-selling schemes, established factories where parts of motor cars, bought elsewhere, were assembled.

意味（4）

(idiomatic, derogatory) A traveling businessman or tradesman.

fly-by-nights （ plural ）