26 Metaphors for flying

In the Avon, at Ringwood and Fordingbridge, the May-fly is likewise a killing fly; but as this is a grayling river, the other flies, particularly the grannam and blue and brown, are good in spring, and the alder-fly or pale blue later, and the blue dun in September and October, and even November.

The biting flies and ants were to us a source of discomfort and at times of what could fairly be called torment.

Merkle fouled out to the third baseman, but Herzog's long fly to Speaker was an excellent sacrifice and Murray scored.

Flies are the greatest spreaders of camp disease.

The dry fly and up stream is of course the orthodox method of fishing in this as in other south-country chalk or limestone streams.

The only fly in her ointment was a greasy smudge bestowed upon her dressa garment she prized highlyby some cordage coiled on the Panther's deck.

the wild duck and sea-gull fly screaming about, there is a hammering and driving of piles.

When Cowley tells of Hervey that they studied together, it is easy to suppose how much he must miss the companion of his labours and the partner of his discoveries; but what image of tenderness can be excited by these lines? We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night.

a fly is caughtflip, snap!

The common flies are very troublesome; very few birds, and no kangaroos have been seen during the last few days' journey.

The Mudville center-fielder smiles and reaches forth in glee, He knows that fly's an easy out for such a man as he.

The may-fly may be a total failure, but week after week in the early spring you may go down to the riverside with but one sort of fly, and if there are fish to be caught at all, the pale-winged olive dun will catch them; and in spite of the fact that there are a few may-flies on the water, it is with the little duns that we intend to start our fishing to-day.

Fly was a faithful dog, and for some reason, this evening, he was very restless.

We are likewise informed by Horus Apollo, that in Egypt a fly was the hieroglyphic of an impudent man, because that insect being beaten away, still returns again; on which account it is that Homer makes it an emblem of courage.

This is a likely place for fish, and I put my rod together and cast my flies, dropping them as lightly as a thistledown, and using all my skill, but no trout rise to my lure; this is evidently their day off, or my flies are too palpable a subterfuge to tempt a self-respecting trout.

Turn your bright eyes, and shun the dangerous bribes; The tramel'd net with less destruction sweeps Your curling shallows, and your azure deeps; With less deceit, the gilded fly beneath, 240 Lurks the fell hook unseen,to taste is death!

And so it was I went up into the air at Eastbourne with the impression that flying was still an uncomfortable experimental, and slightly heroic thing to do, and came down to the cheerful gathering crowd upon the sands again with the knowledge that it is a thing achieved for everyone.

It is a melancholy comfort to find that this fly is no respecter of persons, for the Staff themselves have been known to become affected by this pest.

The sand was choking, the flies were an irritating pest, equipment became painfully heavy; but a big, brave heart carried Tommy through his training to a state of perfect condition for the heavy test.

" "Sure!" "A girl's fly orshe just naturally ain't that way.

Flies is no object; I can tell some three or four will do, And John Jones, Clerk, he knows the rest, and ties and sells 'em too.

His "Flies," and "Elegy to the Old Beauty," are ingenious trifles.

Titchfield, two miles as the crow flies from the sea (for we are now on the open waters of the Solent), is a pleasant old town with an interesting church and the gatehouse remnant of a once famous abbey of Premonstratensians.

When I was a child, I used to think that fire-flies were the crowns of the fairies, which shone despite their wearers' invisibility: this idea was recalled to me.

The only fly in the ointment was the fact that O'Connell had walked into the district attorney's office as soon as the rumor reached him and quietly submitted to being arrested, saying merely: "I heard you wanted me.

26 Metaphors for  flying