thief in the night, like a
According to the epistle to the Thessalonians in the New Testament, the “day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.”
Notes for thief in the night, like a
By extension, “like a thief in the night” means to appear or arrive swiftly and stealthily: “This disease is like a thief in the night, stealing the thoughts and dreams of the elderly.”
Words Nearby thief in the night, like a
- thick-skulled
- thick-tailed ray
- thick-witted
- thief
- thief ant
- thief in the night, like a
- thief, thieves
- Thiers
- Thieu
- thieve
- thievery
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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