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meaning of "a fly-by-night outfit"



 
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meaning of "a fly-by-night outfit" #1 (permalink) Tue Jun 24, 2008 17:14 pm   meaning of "a fly-by-night outfit"
 

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ESL/EFL Test #470 "English Slang Idioms (212)", question 5

"I don't think I want to order anything from that company, even though they offer a warranty. They seem like kind of a fly-by-......... outfit to me. When I called them to ask some questions, all I got was an answering machine and they never called back. Also, they only have a P.O. box as an address. They could take our money and run and there is nothing we could do about it," Tom said to Alice.

(a) plane
(b) train
(c) night
(d) pants

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #470 "English Slang Idioms (212)", answer 5

"I don't think I want to order anything from that company, even though they offer a warranty. They seem like kind of a fly-by-night outfit to me. When I called them to ask some questions, all I got was an answering machine and they never called back. Also, they only have a P.O. box as an address. They could take our money and run and there is nothing we could do about it," Tom said to Alice.

Correct answer: (c) night

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"I don't think I want to order anything from that company, even though they offer a warranty. They seem like kind of a fly-by-train outfit to me. When I called them to ask some questions, all I got was an answering machine and they never called back. Also, they only have a P.O. box as an address. They could take our money and run and there is nothing we could do about it," Tom said to Alice.
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meaning of "a fly-by-night outfit" #2 (permalink) Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:29 am   meaning of "a fly-by-night outfit"
 

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meaning of "a fly-by-night outfit" #3 (permalink) Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:28 am   meaning of "a fly-by-night outfit"
 

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