FLY-BY-NIGHT

• (noun) a debtor who flees to avoid paying

• (adj.) ephemeral

  "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture"

• (adj.) (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous

  "a shady operation"

  synonyms : shady

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