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fly
slang
1. Having an awareness of what is hip and current. Maria is fly—she'll be able to tell you the best club to go to. Aunt Jane, you're pretty fly if you're going to underground EDM concerts! I'm not fly, so I don't know where young people hang out today!
2. Fashionable; cool. Those sunglasses are really fly. A: "That's a fly shirt." B: "Thanks! My younger brother designed it." Check out my fly new sneakers!
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fly someone or something (into some place) (from some place)
and fly someone or something in to transport someone or something to some place from some place. We flew the documents into Adamsville from Springfield. We flew in the documents to Chicago from Springfield.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
fly
1. mod. knowledgeable; alert and in the know. This dude is fly; there’s no question about it.
2. mod. nice-looking; stylish. I like your fly shoes, Sam.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
fly
/blow the coop To make a getaway; escape.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
- a fly in amber
- a fly in the ointment
- a fly on the wall
- a fly on the wheel
- a fly will not get into a closed mouth
- a/the fly in the ointment
- barfly
- be like a fly in milk
- birds of a feather fly together
- blow the coop
- by the seat of pants
- don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly
- fly
- fly (one's) freak flag
- fly a kite
- fly a/your kite
- fly across
- fly across (something)
- fly apart
- fly around
- fly at
- fly at (someone or something)
- fly away
- fly beneath (the/someone's) radar
- fly blind
- fly by
- fly by the seat of (one's) pants
- fly by the seat of your pants
- fly from
- fly from (someone or something)
- fly from (someone or something) to (some place)
- fly high
- fly in
- fly in the face of
- fly in the face of (something)
- fly in the face of something
- fly in the face of sth
- fly in the face of, to
- fly in the ointment
- fly in the teeth of (something)
- fly into
- fly into (someone or something)
- fly into (something or some place)
- fly into a rage
- fly into a rage, temper, etc.
- fly into a tantrum
- fly into a temper
- fly into the face of danger
- fly kites
- fly light
- fly like a rock
- fly low
- fly mink
- fly off
- fly off at a tangent
- fly off the handle
- fly off the handle, to
- fly off the shelves
- fly off with
- fly off with (someone or something)
- fly on the wall
- fly out
- fly out of
- fly out of (some place)
- fly out of the traps
- fly over
- fly over (someone or something)
- fly past
- fly past (someone or something)
- fly rink
- fly solo
- fly the coop
- fly the coop, to
- fly the flag
- fly the nest
- fly to
- fly to (someone or something)
- fly too close to the sun
- fly trap
- fly under (the/someone's) radar
- fly up to
- fly up to (some place)
- fly wire
- fly/show/wave the flag
- flyboy
- flyby
- fly-by-night
- flyover country
- flyover states
- give her the bells and let her fly
- go (off) on a tangent
- Go chase yourself!
- go climb a tree
- go climb a tree/fly a kite
- go fly a kite
- Go fly a kite!
- go off at a tangent
- go/fly off at a tangent
- he, she, etc. wouldn't harm/hurt a fly
- I gotta fly
- I‘ve gotta fly
- if pigs could fly
- if pigs had wings, they would/could fly
- if you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows
- it will never fly
- It'll never fly
- I've got to fly
- kill a fly with an elephant gun
- ladybug ladybug, fly away home
- ladybug, ladybug, fly away home
- let fly
- let fly with
- let fly with (something)
- like a blue-arsed fly
- like a fly in milk
- look like a fly in milk
- make the dust fly
- make the feathers fly
- make the feathers/fur fly, to
- make the fur fly
- make the sparks fly
- maybees don't fly in June
- monkeys might fly out of my butt
- not fly
- not hurt a fly
- not say boo to a fly
- on a tangent
- on the fly
- pigs can fly
- pigs might fly
- pop fly
- run around like a blue-arsed fly
- rush around like a blue-arsed fly
- sparks fly
- straighten up and fly right
- superfly
- the feathers fly
- the feathers/fur/sparks will fly
- the fur flies
- the fur will fly
- the sparks fly
- when pigs can fly
- when pigs fly
- will never fly
- wouldn't harm a fly
- wouldn't hurt a fly
- you must lose a fly to catch a trout