flying visit | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)A veryshortvisit.My favorite novelist was on aflying visitto London last week for a book signing.2022November 7, “The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s Cop27 trip: placing the planet on a road to hell”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:Rishi Sunak is not interested in the climate emergency – and everyone knows it. Forced to make aflying visitto Cop27, Mr Sunak’s intransigence made him an outcast at the UN summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.2022November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, inRAIL, number970, page55:COVID seems to have increased traffic to such locations, as 'staycations' have become more popular. But for me, it's aflying visit. I am merely changing trains to continue along the coast to Hastings, aboard another Southern Class 377.

Examples:

EN: Don't let me turn you out. Mine's just a flying visit.
ES: Quédate, es una visita relámpago.
EN: Are you in town for another flying visit, Mr Lambdin?
ES: ¿Otra visita relámpago a la ciudad, Sr. Lambdin?
EN: - We didn't know you were in town. - A flying visit.
ES: - No sabíamos que estaba en la ciudad.
EN: - Then we pay a flying visit to... er... - What's its name?
ES: Después hacemos una visita relámpago a... este... cómo se llama...
EN: It's just a flying visit.
ES: Es sólo una visita relámpago.
EN: No, it's a flying visit.
ES: Tenía que pasar por el médico.
EN: And also Dawn Tinsley and Lee will be popping in. A flying visit.
ES: Y Dawn Tinsley y Lee volarán hasta aquí.
ES: Y Dawn Tinsley y Lee volarán hasta aquí.
EN: The commander is here on a flying visit.
ES: El Comandante está aquí en una rápida visita.
EN: A flying visit. - Great!
ES: - ¡Genial!
EN: On a flying visit, I suppose. I didn't know about this.
ES: En una visita relámpago, supongo.
EN: There's a chap, gave us a call, said he'd pay us a flying visit to see if he could beat it, and he probably can, because he was the Formula 1 world champion and the American Indycar champion, at the same time.
ES: Alguien nos ha llamado. Quieren ver si se puede superar eso. Es probable que pueda.
EN: A flying visit, you know, to keep his chin up.
ES: Es una visita de prisa para mantenerlo contento.
EN: Anyway, Dad, just a flying visit.
ES: De cualquier modo, papá, solo una visita relámpago.
EN: It was a flying visit.
ES: Fue una visita relámpago.
ES: Fue una visita relámpago.
EN: It was just a flying visit.
ES: Fue solo una visita voladora.

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