fly high

Idioms and Phrases

Be elated, as in They were flying high after the birth of their first baby . This expression alludes to a high pitch of feeling. [Mid-1600s]

Example Sentences

In addition such of them as fly high must be prepared to stand great variations in temperature.

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At each explosion huge, torn fragments of steel fly high above us across the sky.

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Almost all the bullets fly high over us towards the top of the slope behind us.

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When the weather is calm the ephemeræ upon which swallows feed fly high in air, but just over the earth or water if it be rough.

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All the birds of the swallow kind fly high at the advent of or during fine weather, and low before a storm.

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