A fly-by-night operation. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The symphony is no fly-by-night venture. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a fly-by-night operation. ,a fly-by-night theater. From Dictionary.com.
There's a lot of fly-by-night people in that space. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2008] Reference
Do not go by these fly-by-night, drive-by new groups. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2010] Reference
They may be fly-by-night organizations, you never know. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 19, 2005] Reference
There will be no fly-by-night speculators or day trading. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Bush Unveils Social Security Plan - May 15, 2000] Reference
Then the fly-by-night bird departed, swiftly and silently. From Wordnik.com. [Yon Ill Wind]
I warmed to the room at once, I liked its fly-by-night look. From Wordnik.com. [Breakfast At Tiffany's]
He'll be out with a fly-by-night troupe afore the next month. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
Make sure it's a real group and not one of these fly-by-night ones. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 22, 2002] Reference
Over his 60-plus year career, he's watched countless fly-by-night. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Sachs: The (Lounge) Lizard King: Happy Birthday, Buddy Greco] Reference
But while USA Next is no AARP, it's no fly-by-night operation, either. From Wordnik.com. [SENIORS DRAW FIRE] Reference
If you're a fly-by-night huckster, your choice is clear: McCain-Palin. From Wordnik.com. [David Quigg: Dear Conservatives: Break Some Liberal Hearts. Vote Obama.] Reference
‘Because Aunt Eliza had a little fly-by-night all those years ago?’. From Wordnik.com. [The Murder of Busy Lizzie]
"I suppose it is one of these little fly-by-night shows!" scoffed Mercy. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies] Reference
You can't come in and build a plant, just some little fly-by-night outfit. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Carlee Drye, April 2, 1980. Interview H-0005. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Hypo on last line ... fly-by-night company's aren't good for their bottom line. From Wordnik.com. [In Surprise Speech, Obama Promises Global Leadership On Climate Change] Reference
Tupac was just, you know, fly-by-night, and doesn't really mean much in the future. From Wordnik.com. [Roundtable: Location, Location, Location] Reference
Bobby Bowfinger (Martin) is a fly-by-night producer-director at the end of his rope. From Wordnik.com. [Doubled Over] Reference
Now it's not like WG Trading Company (WGTC) was some fly-by-night pennystock promoter. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Singer: The $600 Million Teddy Bear Case] Reference
Consumers will be protected from fly-by-night building contractors and unfair lenders. From Wordnik.com. [1994 Election Manifesto of the African National Congress] Reference
Forty, 50 years ago, the business was full of fly-by-night labels and shifty operators. From Wordnik.com. [Hip-Hop Happens] Reference
This is not a fly-by-night fictional country that could act in a totally reckless fashion. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2004] Reference
Some of these fly-by-night undertakers operate with only a station wagon and a mobile phone. From Wordnik.com. [Africa: Hustling For Corpses] Reference
Transfer at some fly-by-night airports, no better than a dirt road with a hanger at one end. From Wordnik.com. [Monsters and Me] Reference
But the fact is, Bonner and Associates always takes this fly-by-night approach to their work. From Wordnik.com. [Josh Nelson: Firm that Sent Fraudulent Climate Letters Accuses Temp Employee of Setting Them Up] Reference
Take a week's leave on the off-chance that some fly-by-night interpreter will keep his promises?. From Wordnik.com. [the mission song]
The federal agencies actively discourage fly-by-night businessmen by pointing out the high costs. From Wordnik.com. ['Dances With Garbage'] Reference
However, that is a very major problem in the private sector, where there are fly-by-night companies. From Wordnik.com. [Briefing By Sperling On Flex Time And Family Leave] Reference
Often the fly-by-night organizations don't base their quotes on weight, instead they base it on cubic feet. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 19, 2005] Reference
That was down from 928 complaints in 2008, but it's still a decent volume of potential fly-by-night activity. From Wordnik.com. [Guard yourself against gutter-guard fraud] Reference
One of those fly-by-night City financiers — chairman of the shipyard, too — he got them in a proper mess. From Wordnik.com. [Ruined City]
Three months ago Hartnell put all his cash into a fly-by-night company who'd splurged their adverts in all the national dailies. From Wordnik.com. [The Satan Bug]
Some of those failing to pay back their loans were victims of fly-by-night schools that never followed through on their promises. From Wordnik.com. [Statement By President On Student Loan Default Rates] Reference
I was too busy keeping an eye out for inebriated philosophers, fly-by-night old courtesans, inefficient pickpockets, and loose sheep. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
The occupation of Iraq needs to look less like an improvised, fly-by-night operation and more like a thought-through, massive project. From Wordnik.com. [What We Should Do Now] Reference
It's aimed at stopping those who swindle homebuyers, especially fly-by-night mortgage brokers who popped up with the real estate boom. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 17, 2005] Reference
Some ac's is booked out through the circuit from N 'Yawk; others is booked up by some li'l fly-by-night agent, gettin' a date here an '. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
Instead of encouraging these fly-by-night investors, we need to encourage renter families to consider homeownership and create civic pride. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL: ROVE'S NEW CHALLENGE] Reference
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