be on the wing

be on the wing
1) летать (о птицах); см. тж. on the wing

The old birds were too strong on the wing for our young marksmen. (Th. Hughes, ‘Tom Brown at Oxford’, ch. IV) — Птицы-ветераны слишком быстро летали, и наши молодые стрелки не могли в них попасть.

Its gray front stood out well from the back ground of a rookery, whose cawing tenants were now on the wing... (Ch. Brontë, ‘Jane Eyre’, ch. XI) — Каменный серый фасад четко выделялся на темном фоне грачиной рощи: ее обитатели носились вокруг с громкими протяжными криками...

2) разг. находиться в движении; переезжать с места на место

But her victum was already on the wing. (G. Vidal, ‘Washington, D. C.’, part V, ch. I) — Но жертва Инид уже ускользнула.

He was on the wing gathering material for his novels. (WD) — Он постоянно разъезжал по стране, собирая материал для своих романов.

They stayed in France for a week and then they were on the wing again. (DAI) — Неделю они прожили во Франции, а затем продолжили путешествие.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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