v.
fly the coop
- 逃走
to escape from a place
fly high
- 成功
to be successful
fly in the face of sth
- 悍然不顾;公然违抗;与…相悖
to oppose or be the opposite of sth that is usual or expected
- Such a proposal is flying in the face of common sense.
这个建议违反常识。
fly into a rage, temper, etc.
- 勃然大怒
to become suddenly very angry
(go) fly a/your kite
- 走开;别烦人;别打扰人
used to tell sb to go away and stop annoying you or interfering
fly the nest
- 羽翼已丰可离巢
to become able to fly and leave its nest
- 另立门户
to leave home and live somewhere else
fly off the handle
- 大发雷霆
to suddenly become very angry
go flying
- 跌倒;(尤指)绊了一跤
to fall, especially as a result of not seeing sth under your feet
- Someone's going to go flying if you don't pick up these toys.
你要是不捡起这些玩具,有人就会绊倒。
let fly (at sb/sth) (with sth)
- (用…)打;(向某人)大发雷霆
to attack sb by hitting them or speaking angrily to them
- He let fly at me with his fist.
他挥拳打我。 - She let fly with a stream of abuse.
她破口大骂了一通。
the bird has flown
- 要抓的人逃掉了
the wanted person has escaped
as the crow flies
- 成直线地;笔直地
in a straight line
- The villages are no more than a mile apart as the crow flies.
这些村庄直线距离相隔不超过一英里。
fly/show/wave the flag
- 表示并号召拥护自己的国家(或某组织、某思想)
to show your support for your country, an organization or an idea to encourage or persuade others to do the same
pigs might fly
- (表示不相信某事会发生)太阳从西出
used to show that you do not believe sth will ever happen
- ‘With a bit of luck, we'll be finished by the end of the year.’ ‘Yes, and pigs might fly!’
“运气不错的话,我们年底就能完成。”“是啊,太阳能打西边出嘛!”
(fly) by the seat of your pants
- 临时凭感觉碰运气;凭经验瞎碰
to act without careful thought and without a plan that you have made in advance, hoping that you will be lucky and be successful
fly/go off at a tangent
- 突然转换话题;突然改变行动
to suddenly start saying or doing sth that does not seem to be connected to what has gone before
time flies
- 时间过得真快;光阴似箭;时光飞逝
time seems to pass very quickly
- How time flies! I've got to go now.
时间过得真快!现在我得走了。 - Time has flown since the holiday began.
假日一开始,时间就过得飞快。
fly/go out (of) the window
- 化为乌有;消失殆尽
to stop existing; to disappear completely
- As soon as the kids arrived, order went out of the window.
孩子们一到,一切就都乱了套。
n.
die/fall/drop like flies
- 大批死亡;大批倒下
to die or fall down in very large numbers
- People were dropping like flies in the intense heat.
酷暑中人们成批死去。
a/the fly in the ointment
- 扫兴的人;煞风景的事物
a person or thing that spoils a situation or an occasion that is fine in all other ways
a fly on the wall
- 不为人觉察的观察者
a person who watches others without being noticed
- I'd love to be a fly on the wall when he tells her the news.
他把这消息告诉她时,我想悄悄在旁观看。 - fly-on-the-wall documentaries (= in which people are filmed going about their normal lives as if the camera were not there)
纪实影片
(there are) no flies on sb
- 某人精明得不会上当
the person mentioned is clever and not easily tricked
not harm/hurt a fly
- 连一只苍蝇都不肯伤害;心地善良
to be kind and gentle and unwilling to cause unhappiness
on the fly
- 赶紧地;匆忙中
if you do sth on the fly , you do it quickly while sth else is happening, and without thinking about it very much