n. A mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting. -- n. See Kite, n., 6. [ Cant ] McElrath. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
[蜻蜓, qīng tíng, ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄥˊ]dragonfly (common spoken term); Odonata, order consisting of about 6, 000 species of dragonflies and damselflies#31744[Add to Longdo]
[飞短流长 / 飛短流長, fēi duǎn liú cháng, ㄈㄟ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄤˊ]lit. flies near and flows far (成语 saw); fig. malicious gossip-mongering; to calumny#79542[Add to Longdo]
[笨鸟先飞 / 笨鳥先飛, bèn niǎo xiān fēi, ㄅㄣˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄈㄟ]lit. the clumsy bird flies early (成语 saw); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities#94536[Add to Longdo]
[如蝇逐臭 / 如蠅逐臭, rú yíng zhú chòu, ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨˊ ㄔㄡˋ]like flies pursuing a stink (成语 saw); the mob chases the rich and powerful; the crowd runs after trash#411527[Add to Longdo]
[supanisshufurai](n) (1) Spanish fly (Lytta vesicatoria); (2) Spanish fly (crushed dried Spanish flies sometimes used as an aphrodisiac); cantharides[Add to Longdo]
[トビケラもく(トビケラ目);とびけらもく(飛螻蛄目), tobikera moku ( tobikera me ); tobikeramoku ( hi okera me )](n) (See 飛螻蛄) Trichoptera (the order of insects comprising the caddisflies)[Add to Longdo]
[かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまず, kasshitemotousennomizuwonomazu](exp) Even if thirsty not to drink from "Robber's Spring"; A proverb meaning not to lower oneself to unjust acts no matter how desperate; (English equivalent) The eagle does not hunt flies[Add to Longdo]
[あたまのうえのはえもおえない(頭の上の蠅も追えない);あたまのはえもおえない(頭の蠅も追えない), atamanouenohaemooenai ( atama no ueno hae mo oe nai ); atamanohaemooenai ( atama no](exp) unable even to drive away the flies on one's own head (denoting a helpless person)[Add to Longdo]