Usage of "bird of passage"

Catalan

Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life.

Usage of bird of passage in English

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

Catalan

Meanings of bird of passage in English