| 单词 | like a thief in the night |
| 释义 | like a thief in the nightsecretlyorunexpectedlyand without beingseen 秘密地；出乎意料地Secrecy and privacy
Examplesoflike a thief in the nightlike a thief in the night It came in quite unawares,likeathiefinthenight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He apparently desired to give the impression that this crisis camelikeathiefinthenightand caught him unprepared. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At that time the war came upon us almostlikeathiefinthenight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was something more than critical: it cried aloud for immediate action, because this has not comelikeathiefinthenight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It will come upon uslikeathiefinthenight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The enemy will comelikeathiefinthenight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that it will come on uslikeathiefinthenight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Democracy took chargelikeathiefinthenight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This crisis, however, came on us almost immediately,likeathiefinthenight, and we could not possibly take the necessary precautions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would comelikeathiefinthenight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It may come—as these things do come—likeathiefinthenight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is an entirely new principle and it is introducedlikeathiefinthenight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If the war comes upon you suddenly,likeathiefinthenight, conscription or no conscription, you will have no plans ready at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That little affair with monetarism lasted a few short years and then passedlikeathiefinthenight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We know from experience in this country that undemocratic agencies can accumulate powers unobtrusively—likeathiefinthenight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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