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a flying visit
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a very short visit
British. Often 'pay someone a flying visit'. It has nothing to do with planes.
In context
My cousin paid us a flying visit on her way to the airport.
It was only a flying visit to Hanoi, so we didn't have time for Ha Long Bay.
More idioms about travel
- a bumpy ridea difficult period with many problems
- a change of scenerytime in a new place that makes you feel fresh and different
- a fork in the roada point where you must choose between two different paths or decisions
- a home away from homea place where you feel as comfortable and relaxed as in your own home
- a long way from homefar from where you live, often feeling lonely or out of place