Usage of "bird of passage"

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Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life.

Sinònims

Examples for "rover"

In other words, the measurement destroys what the rover wants to measure. 
 The Guardian 

Now, back to the rover-andto the new world he would create. 
 Year's best sf 15 

The NASA-JPL team will run diagnostic tests on the rover this week. 
 Wired 

Another challenge is identifying the relative and absolute location of a rover. 
 The South African 

A rover reporter was walking down one of Ayacucho's main public halls. 
 The Neutronium Alchemist 

The wanderer sleeps till the birds are carolling loudly in the trees. 
 The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance 

God therefore led the royal wanderer to the capital city of Ammon. 
 The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 

There is another charm that enchants the wanderer in the American woods. 
 Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia 

Better that they thought him a wanderer still when he left them. 
 Running with the Demon 

She caught the poor wanderer to her heart and drew her in. 
 Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 

A roamer he must be, as his great- grandfather had been before him. 
 The Iron Star — And What It Saw on Its Journey Through the Ages ... 

So, to the night roamer, every human sound or sight has an unwonted interest. 
 An Enemy to the King / From the Recently Discovered Memoirs of t... 

Every roamer in the hills is not a prince. 
 Beverly of Graustark 

On the flip side, Cancer gives Jupiter a memory of home to anchor the roamer. 
 Ebony 

Oh- "shehesitated and turned to the Governor, "is Mr. Comly a roamer? 
 Blacksheep! Blacksheep! 

Ús de bird of passage en anglès

The penguin is a very rare bird of passage, with peculiar habits. 
 Original Short Stories — Volume 11 

You are a permanent resident, and I a mere bird of passage. 
 The Case of Richard Meynell 

I am a mere bird of passage here, just as you are. 
 Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel 

My good humor returned to me, as to the bird of passage. 
 The True Story of My Life: A Sketch 

Will you go with us, and become a bird of passage? 
 The Junior Classics, Volume 1: Fairy and wonder tales 

Whereas, I in comparison, felt myself a mere bird of passage in that port. 
 The Shadow Line: A Confession 

May 12th: a very mute bird : this is the latest summer bird of passage. 
 The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 

Only one bird of passage migrates across the intervening sea. 
 The Long White Cloud: "Ao Tea Roa" 

He is a bird of passage with no fixed abode. 
 The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel 

Ah, I was always a bird of passage, you remember. 
 The Yellow Crayon 

Far from yielding to evil fortune, he regarded it as but a bird of passage. 
 Penguin Island 

At best he was but a bird of passage. 
 With the Procession 

Another bird of passage ensnared by the beleaguered garrison. 
 The Information Officer 

Yes, but you see Nurse Trevor was only a bird of passage, so to speak. 
 Afterwards 

You are tagged for life like a salmon, or ringed like a bird of passage. 
 The Irish Times 

I am unfortunately only a bird of passage. 
 The Great Prince Shan 

Translations for bird of passage

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Significats de bird of passage en anglès