fly high
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]
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How to use fly high in a sentence
In addition such of them as fly high must be prepared to stand great variations in temperature.
The Meaning of Evolution | Samuel Christian SchmuckerAt each explosion huge, torn fragments of steel fly high above us across the sky.
'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914 | Maurice GenevoixAlmost all the bullets fly high over us towards the top of the slope behind us.
'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914 | Maurice GenevoixWhen 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.
Poachers and Poaching | John WatsonAll the birds of the swallow kind fly high at the advent of or during fine weather, and low before a storm.
Poachers and Poaching | John Watson
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