volar-1
fly ; take to + the sky.
For example, pilots flying on international routes sometimes have problems in understanding weather reports spoken in English but with a heavy local accent.
A new flying invention has been unveiled in the US, which could see humans take to the sky.
condición de estar apto para volar
airworthiness
This article describes how traditional task analysis was used to understand the work processes associated with the Federal Aviation Administration, USA, airworthiness inspection activities.
echar a volar
take + flight
take + wing
The article 'ALA campaign takes flight @ the local level' reports on a five year public education programme sponsored by the American Library Association to promote all types of libraries throughout the USA.
Unfortunately, he did not live long enough to see his company start to blossom - his vision was only just starting to take wing when he died in 1900.
el tiempo vuela
time flies (by)
Why is it that when were are having fun, time flies by, but when we are at work, time creeps by?.
el tiempo vuela cuando te diviertes
time flies when you're having fun
'A watched pot never boils' and, conversely, 'time flies when you're having fun' nicely capture the observation that the degree of attention paid to the passing of time contributes to its subjective duration = "El que espera desespera" y, lo opuesto, "el tiempo vuela cuando te diviertes" refleja bien la idea de que el grado de atención que se presta al paso del tiempo contribuye a su duración subjetiva.
el tiempo vuela cuando te lo pasas bien
time flies when you're having fun
'A watched pot never boils' and, conversely, 'time flies when you're having fun' nicely capture the observation that the degree of attention paid to the passing of time contributes to its subjective duration = "El que espera desespera" y, lo opuesto, "el tiempo vuela cuando te diviertes" refleja bien la idea de que el grado de atención que se presta al paso del tiempo contribuye a su duración subjetiva.
escuchar las moscas volar
hear a pin drop
The acoustics were so clear we could actually hear a pin drop.
ir que volar
go + great guns
do + great guns
go + swimmingly
He said the growth in enrollment in health professions programs continues 'going great guns'.
She is doing great guns and has turned in some fantastic work which really shows she's understanding what she's researching and learning.
She responded, all a-flutter, that it was going swimmingly as she had just come face-to-face with one of her hero's.
ir volando
hot-foot it to
Read on for 10 eco-friendly things that you can do with lemons, then hot-foot it to your local farmers' market to stock up.
las malas noticias vuelan
no news is good news
No news is good news, in this case meaning there is no new clot in her lungs.
más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Going by the idiom 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush' is not likely to be a successful strategy in an increasingly competitive environment.
que vuela bajo
low-flying
Shipments of these goods arrive on caravans that travel on moonless nights to evade the searchlights of low-flying helicopters.
salir volando
bolt
make + a bolt for
dash off
shoot off
be off like a shot
take off like + a shot
go off like + a shot
zoom off (to)
fly off
dart out (of)
These are some of the shots I took before the heavens opened and we bolted for the car.
Most birds, faced with a predator, will make a bolt for safety, even if it means abandoning any eggs or chicks in its nest.
One at a time a bird lands, picks out a fat sunflower seed and then dashes off.
The witness said that the cockpit of the ill-fated Boeing 737 shot off 'like a meteorite' when the plane hit the ground on its belly.
I'm sure if you were offered a much better salary in the private sector, you'd be off like a shot.
Fenced in yards are a must, as he will take off like a shot after cats, squirrels, rabbits, bikes, and even cars.
But he went off like a shot and gradually passed everybody and finally, in the rain, passed Prost to win the race.
Winnie decides she needs a seaside break, so she and Wilbur zoom off to the coast.
In fact, compact vehicles are flying off dealer lots at a clip not seen since the gas price hike during the summer of 2008.
It was there that my husband about jumped out of his skin when he saw a shadowy figure suddenly dart out of the kitchen.
volar con ala delta
hang-glide
He has camel trekked the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa, learned to bullfight in Spain and hang-glided from the cliffs of Rio de Janeiro.
volar del nido
fly + the nest
leave + the nest
fly + the coop
The term 'family nest' was used in the 1960s by researchers to describe an empty nest from which all of the children had flown leaving the parents lonely or sad.
The senior year in high school is shadowed by anxiety about getting into college and about leaving the 'nest' for the unknown.
By January 2010 I had flown the coop and escaped the clutches of winter.
volar en el aire
fly in + the air
Four performers tied to bungees swing, droop and fly in the air in ways that defy gravity.
