on the fly | Idiomator

Meaning: (baseball,of the ball)While in theair, without havingtouchedtheground.Synonym:in flightJones caught the ballon the fly.; (idiomatic)Spontaneouslyorextemporaneously; done as one goes, or during another activity.Synonyms:in flight,on the wing;on the spot;on the hoof(Britain)Hypernym:dynamicallyThe software program has a table of values for some results, but calculates otherson the fly.; (slang)On the move.1966, “Cool McCool (theme song)”, Bernie Green (music) (Cool McCool (television series)), performed byBob McFadden:The Owl is flying high, frightening to the eye.The Rattler is nearby, Cool ison the fly.Danger is his business.

Examples:

EN: See how he's moving up on the fly?
ES: ¿Vea cómo se está moviendo alrededor de la mosca?
EN: Calandra. You collect his clothes and take them to my house, on the fly!
ES: Calandra. ¡Recoge sus ropas y llévalas a mi casa, volando!
EN: And on the fly.
ES: Vamos, vamos, que ya están aquí las bebidas.
EN: There was a girl's name on the fly leaf
ES: Había los datos de una chica.
EN: Well, excuse me, I'm taking me lunch on the fly today.
ES: Disculpa, hoy almuerzo al paso.
EN: Regularly turns out to me the customer who pretends the clerk to understand.. on the fly what she wants, and that not even she knows!
ES: Una clienta pretende que el vendedor sepa qué es lo que quiere, aunque ella no lo sepa.
EN: Did you ever try to shoot a 20 dollar gold piece on the fly?
ES: ¿Quiere intentar acertar a una moneda de 20 $ de oro lanzada al aire?
EN: - I really have to catch her on the fly, as it were.
ES: Buenas noches. Debo hablar con ella cuando puedo.
EN: On, no, he's having a fast pint on the fly, no tests.
ES: No, insiste en que no necesita análisis.
EN: - I caught him on the fly!
ES: Suelte.
EN: We'll talk about it on the fly.
ES: Hablaremos de ella de camino.
EN: - I grasp things on the fly!
ES: - Lo cojo al vuelo. -Quiero decir...
EN: Yes, some of them may not understand anything, but it's not your case, you understand on the fly.
ES: Puede que alguno de ellos no se entere de nada... Pero no es su caso, usted las caza al vuelo.
EN: I wrote a few lines on the fly.
ES: Escribí unas líneas sobre la marcha.
EN: Hit on the fly!
ES: ¡Cielo Santo!

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