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Fly By Night Company Working In The Loop 221 Undependable Untrustworthy Small Trading

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Idiom FLY-BY-NIGHT
Definition undependable; untrustworthy
Examples
  1. The small trading company took in a lot of money from trusting investors and then closed up. It had been a fly-by-night operation.
  2. Although Darlene had been working for the company for a few months and they had paid her, she still didn’t trust them. She felt she was working for a fly-by-night company.
Extra Info

The expression suggests the idea that the operation closes up and flees under the cover of darkness rather than in the clear light of day.

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