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Could you explain “fly-by-night”?
My comments: If someone runs an operation during day time in one city, disappears during the night and reemerges the second morning in another, he has a fly-by-night operation. Obviously this kind of business smacks of wrongdoing. In the above example, the auto dealer collected people’s deposits on new cars and then disappeared with everybody’s money. Fight or flight. In other words, take and money and run - “Fly-by-night” is therefore a perfect phrase for a businessman who is dishonest, unreliable, or for describing shady businesses in general. Related stories: On top of the world 本文僅代表作者本人觀點，與本網立場無關。歡迎大家討論學術問題，尊重他人，禁止人身攻擊和發布一切違反國家現行法律法規的內容。 About the author:Zhang Xin has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column. |
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